Brachmia

Brachmia is a genus of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). Among these, it is sometimes placed in the subfamily Dichomeridinae. Other authors have used it as type genus of a distinct subfamily Brachmiinae. But in the scheme used here, the "Brachmiinae" are considered an ill-defined assemblage of twirler moths whose relationships are not yet sufficiently determined, and the present genus is consequently placed incertae sedis within the Gelechiidae.^[1]

Selected species

Species of Brachmia include:^[2]

• Brachmia blandella (Fabricius, 1798)
• Brachmia ceramochroa (Turner, 1919)
• Brachmia dimidiella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Brachmia infuscatella Rebel, 1940
• Brachmia inornatella (Douglas, 1850)
• Brachmia obfuscata Meyrick, 1921
• Brachmia procursella Rebel, 1903
• Brachmia trinervis (Meyrick, 1904)

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

References

• Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2008): Australian Faunal Directory – Brachmia. Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Brachmia. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Brachmia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
• Savela, Markku (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Brachmia. Version of 2001-NOV-08. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.