Brachmia autonoma

Brachmia autonoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Brachmia
Species: B. autonoma
Binomial name
Brachmia autonoma
Meyrick, 1910

Brachmia autonoma is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found on the Chagos Archipelago.[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale yellow-ochreous suffusedly mixed with light brownish. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal and there is a small cloudy fuscous spot on the dorsum beneath the second discal, as well as a row of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale greyish.[3]

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