Brachmia Explained

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.^[1]

Species

The species of Brachmia are:^[2]

• 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 & Schiffermüller, 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:^[3]

• Apethistis Meyrick, 1908
• Aulacomima Meyrick, 1904
• Braclunia Stephens, 1834 (unjustified emendation)
• Brahmia (lapsus)
• Cerathophora (lapsus)
• Ceratophora Heinemann, [1870] (non Gray, [1825{{Verify source|date=May 2010}}<!-- some year between 1832 and 1835? -->]: preoccupied)
• Cladodes Heinemann, 1870 (non Solier, 1849: preoccupied)
• Eudodacles Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1889

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.

Notes and References

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)