Specimen image via iDigBio · CC0
Brachmia
Sign in to saveBrachmia is a genus of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). Among these, it is mostly placed in the subfamily Dichomeridinae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 39
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Gelechiidae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS (UAM), USNM, SAM, NMV
- Recorded in
- Canada, Japan, United States, Zimbabwe, Australia
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Status unknown
- Former species
- Synonyms
- Footnotes
- References
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brachmia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.