# 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 & 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:
* 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

* ↑ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), ABRS (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
* ↑ ABRS (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
* ↑ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), ABRS (2008)