Brachmia liberta

Brachmia liberta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Brachmia
Species:	B. liberta
Binomial name
	Brachmia liberta; Meyrick, 1926

Brachmia liberta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found on Madagascar.[2]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with some scattered dark fuscous specks. The stigmata is moderate, dark fuscous, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. There is an almost marginal series of irregular dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia liberta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia liberta Meyrick, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (10): 291.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia liberta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Brachmia liberta Meyrick, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (10): 291.