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

Brachmia obtrectata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Shanghai, China.

The wingspan is about 11 mm (0.43 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous speckled with fuscous and the stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a pre-marginal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale whitish grey.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Brachmia obtrectata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku (December 31, 2018). "Brachmia obtrectata Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 506. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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