''Brachmia craterospila'' is a

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in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. 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 13 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish, with a few grey specks and a blackish-grey spot on the base of the costa, as well as a small spot on the dorsum near the base. The stigmata is large and blackish, the plical slightly before the first discal, the second discal larger, forming a round spot. There is a small blackish spot on the dorsum towards the tornus and a pre-marginal series of cloudy blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 3 (1-2): 46.
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Moths described in 1923 Brachmia Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths of Asia {{Brachmia-stub