Brachmia tepidata

Brachmia tepidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Brachmia
Species:	B. tepidata
Binomial name
	Brachmia tepidata; Meyrick, 1922

Brachmia tepidata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Shanghai, China.[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown, the costa and dorsum suffused with dark brown. The stigmata is dark brown, the plical rather beyond the first discal. There is a rather narrow suffused dark fuscous terminal fascia, with the extreme terminal edge whitish. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia tepidata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia tepidata Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 505.

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

[2] Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia tepidata Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 505.