Brachmia custos

Brachmia custos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Brachmia
Species: B. custos
Binomial name
Brachmia custos
Meyrick, 1911

Brachmia custos is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911.[1] It is found in southern India.[2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dull ochreous-brown with a basal fascia of rather dark fuscous suffusion and with the costa infuscated from this to beyond the middle. There is a broad fascia of rather dark fuscous suffusion beyond the middle, the second discal stigma forming a small round dark fuscous spot on the inner edge of this. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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