''Brachmia inspersa'' is a

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in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

, India. The

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is about 20 mm. The forewings are brownish ochreous speckled with fuscous, with the costal edge brighter ochreous. The stigmata is dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a pre-marginal series of cloudy subconfluent dots of dark fuscous irroration around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey, speckled darker.''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 2 (14): 436.

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Moths described in 1921 Brachmia Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths of Asia {{Brachmia-stub