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Brachmia triophthalma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Brachmia
Species:	B. triophthalma
Binomial name
Brachmia triophthalma (Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
Lecithocera triophthalma Meyrick, 1910

Brachmia triophthalma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in southern India.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, somewhat mixed with whitish ochreous. The stigmata is represented by round blackish spots edged with whitish ochreous, the plical beneath the first discal. There is an indistinct whitish-ochreous subterminal line, indented beneath the costa, forming a wedge-shaped inwardly oblique mark on the costa. The hindwings are pale fuscous.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Brachmia triophthalma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia triophthalma (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
3. Records of the Indian Museum. 5: 220. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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