Brachmia

Brachmia is a genus of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). Among these, it is mostly placed in the subfamily Dichomeridinae.

Brachmia
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Brachmia

Hübner, 1825
Type species
Tinea dimidiella
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Species

Many, see text

Synonyms

See text

Taxonomy

Other authors have used it as type genus of a distinct subfamily Brachmiinae. However, the "Brachmiinae" are considered an ill-defined assemblage of twirler moths whose relationships are not yet sufficiently determined, and the present genus is consequently sometimes placed incertae sedis within the Gelechiidae.[1]

Species

The species of Brachmia are:[2]

Status unknown

  • Brachmia robustella Rebel, 1910, described from Herzegovina

Former species

  • Brachmia ceramochroa (Turner, 1919)
  • Brachmia convolvuli Walsingham, 1907
  • Brachmia craticula Meyrick, 1921
  • Brachmia fiscinata Meyrick, 1918
  • Brachmia graphicodes Meyrick, 1914
  • Brachmia hemiopa Meyrick, 1921
  • Brachmia malacogramma Meyrick, 1909
  • Brachmia musicopa Meyrick, 1908
  • Brachmia nesidias Meyrick, 1911
  • Brachmia neurograpta Meyrick, 1921
  • Brachmia obfuscata Meyrick, 1921
  • Brachmia pantheropa Meyrick, 1913
  • Brachmia septella (Zeller, 1852)
  • Brachmia spilopis Meyrick, 1927
  • Brachmia trinervis (Meyrick, 1904)
  • Brachmia verberata Meyrick, 1911

Synonyms

Invalid scientific names (junior synonyms and others) of Brachmia are:[3]

  • Apethistis Meyrick, 1908
  • Aulacomima Meyrick, 1904
  • Braclunia Stephens, 1834 (unjustified emendation)
  • Brahmia (lapsus)
  • Cerathophora (lapsus)
  • Ceratophora Heinemann, [1870] (non Gray, [1825]: preoccupied)
  • Cladodes Heinemann, 1870 (non Solier, 1849: preoccupied)
  • Eudodacles Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1889

Footnotes

  1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), ABRS (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
  2. ABRS (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
  3. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), ABRS (2008)

References

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