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Genus of moths

Brachmia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Dichomeridinae
Genus: Brachmia
Hübner, 1825
Species

Many, see text

Synonyms

See text

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:

Status unknown

  • Brachmia robustella Rebel, 1910, described from Herzegovina

Former species

Synonyms

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

  • Apethistis Meyrick, 1908
  • Aulacomima Meyrick, 1904
  • Braclunia Stephens, 1834 (unjustified emendation)
  • Brahmia (lapsus)
  • Cerathophora (lapsus)
  • Ceratophora Heinemann, (non Gray, : 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

Taxon identifiers
Brachmia
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