Brachmia insulsa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in the Bengal region of what was then British India[2] and the United Arab Emirates.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Brachmia |
| Species: | B. insulsa
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachmia insulsa Meyrick, 1914
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The wingspan is 12–16 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous with the stigmata dark fuscous, the plical slightly before the first discal. There are some cloudy dark-fuscous dots around the apex and termen, sometimes almost obsolete. The hindwings are ochreous-grey whitish.[4]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia insulsa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (June 4, 2018). "Apethistis insulsa (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia insulsa Meyrick, 1914". Afromoths. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (4): 774.
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