Brachmia officiosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]
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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. officiosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachmia officiosa Meyrick, 1918
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The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, with the basal third of the costa suffused with dark fuscous. The stigmata is blackish, the plical beneath the first discal and there is a small cloudy blackish spot on the dorsum towards the tornus, as well as some small groups of blackish scales along thetermen. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Brachmia officiosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (June 4, 2018). "Apethistis officiosa (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 113.
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