Brachmia triophthalma

Brachmia triophthalma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]

Brachmia triophthalma
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B. triophthalma
Binomial name
Brachmia triophthalma
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera triophthalma Meyrick, 1910

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, somewhat mixed with whitish-ochreous. The stigmata is represented by round blackish spots edged with whitish-ochreous, the plical beneath the first discal. There is an indistinct whitish-ochreous subterminal line, indented beneath the costa, forming a wedge-shaped inwardly oblique mark on the costa. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia triophthalma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Brachmia at funet
  3. Rec. Ind. Mus. 5 : 220


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