Brachmia sitiens

Brachmia sitiens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]

Brachmia sitiens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Brachmia
Species:
B. sitiens
Binomial name
Brachmia sitiens
Meyrick, 1918
Synonyms
  • Apethistis sitiens (Meyrick, 1918)

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous irrorated with rather dark fuscous. The stigmata is cloudy, dark fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is a faint irregular transverse shade from the second to the dorsum and there are traces of cloudy submarginal dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia sitiens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Apethistis sitiens (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 114.


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