Brachmia

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

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.

Species

The species of Brachmia are:

Brachmia alienella (Walker, 1864)
Brachmia amphisticta Meyrick, 1914
Brachmia anisopa (Meyrick, 1918)
Brachmia antichroa Meyrick, 1918
Brachmia apricata Meyrick, 1913
Brachmia autonoma Meyrick, 1910
Brachmia ballotellus (Amsel, 1935)
Brachmia blandella (Fabricius, 1798)
Brachmia brunnea (Bradley, 1961)
Brachmia brunneolineata Legrand, 1966
Brachmia carphodes (Meyrick, 1908)
Brachmia cenchritis Meyrick, 1911
Brachmia circumfusa Meyrick, 1922
Brachmia consummata Meyrick, 1923
Brachmia craterospila Meyrick, 1923
Brachmia custos Meyrick, 1911
Brachmia deltopis Meyrick, 1920
Brachmia dilutiterminella (Gerasimov, 1930)
Brachmia dimidiella (Denis & SchiffermÃÂ¼ller, 1775)
Brachmia ditemenitis Meyrick, 1934
Brachmia dolosa Meyrick, 1911
Brachmia dryotyphla Meyrick, 1937
Brachmia episticta (Meyrick, 1905)
Brachmia elaeophanes Meyrick, 1930
Brachmia fuscogramma Janse, 1960
Brachmia hedemanni Caradja, 1920
Brachmia infixa Meyrick, 1938
Brachmia infuscatella Rebel, 1940
Brachmia inornatella (Douglas, 1850)
Brachmia inspersa Meyrick, 1921
Brachmia insuavis Meyrick, 1914
Brachmia insulsa Meyrick, 1914
Brachmia ioplaca Meyrick, 1934
Brachmia japonicella (Zeller, 1877)
Brachmia juridica Meyrick, 1911
Brachmia leucopla Meyrick, 1938
Brachmia leucospora Meyrick, 1938
Brachmia liberta Meyrick, 1926
Brachmia melicephala Meyrick, 1918
Brachmia metoeca (Meyrick, 1908)
Brachmia monotona Caradja, 1927
Brachmia murinula Turati, 1930
Brachmia neuroplecta Meyrick, 1938
Brachmia obtrectata Meyrick, 1922
Brachmia officiosa Meyrick, 1918
Brachmia opaca Meyrick, 1927
Brachmia orthomastix Meyrick, 1931
Brachmia perumbrata Meyrick, 1918
Brachmia philochersa Meyrick, 1938
Brachmia philodema Meyrick, 1938
Brachmia planicola Meyrick, 1932
Brachmia procursella Rebel, 1903
Brachmia ptochodryas Meyrick, 1923
Brachmia purificata (Meyrick, 1931)
Brachmia quassata Meyrick, 1930
Brachmia radiosella (Erschoff, 1874)
Brachmia resoluta Meyrick, 1918
Brachmia sigillatrix Meyrick, 1910
Brachmia sitiens Meyrick, 1918
Brachmia stactopis Meyrick, 1931
Brachmia strigosa Meyrick, 1910
Brachmia subsignata Diakonoff, 1954
Brachmia superans (Meyrick, 1926)
Brachmia syntonopis Meyrick, 1923
Brachmia tepidata Meyrick, 1922
Brachmia tholeromicta Meyrick, 1931
Brachmia torva Meyrick, 1914
Brachmia triophthalma (Meyrick, 1910)
Brachmia vecors Meyrick, 1918
Brachmia velitaris Meyrick, 1913
Brachmia xeronoma Meyrick, 1935

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:

Apethistis Meyrick, 1908
Aulacomima Meyrick, 1904
Braclunia Stephens, 1834 (unjustified )
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

(2008): Australian Faunal Directory – Brachmia. Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
(2009): Brachmia. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
(2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Brachmia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
(2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Brachmia. Version of 2001-NOV-08. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.