Brachmia alienella

Brachmia alienella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Brachmia
Species: B. alienella
Binomial name
Brachmia alienella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia alienella Walker, 1864

Brachmia alienella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Adults are pale cinereous fawn, the forewings speckled with brown along the costa and exterior border. There are two blackish points in the disc, one before the middle and the other beyond the middle. The exterior border is very oblique. The hindwings are cinereous.[3]

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