Brachynemata restricta

Brachynemata restricta is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

Brachynemata restricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Brachynemata
Species:	B. restricta
Binomial name
Brachynemata restricta (Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
Machimia restricta Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-grey, the extreme costal edge tinged with whitish. The markings are blackish. There is a minute dot on the costa near the base, a dot towards the costa near the base and the stigmata is moderate, with the plical rather beyond the first discal spot. There is a more or less developed strongly curved series of minute irregular dots from beneath the costa at one-third, traversing the second discal stigma to above the dorsum at two-third. There is also a series of somewhat larger dots from beneath the middle of the costa very obliquely outwards to a point nearer to the apex than to the second discal stigma, then angulated and slightly curved to the dorsum before the tornus. A marginal row of dots is found round the apical third of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey, towards the base paler and tinged whitish-ochreous.[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachynemata restricta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
2. Brachynemata at funet
3. Exotic Microlep. 2 (10): 310