Brachmia infixa Meyrick, 1938

Bidzilya, Oleksiy V. & Rajaei, Hossein, 2024, An illustrated and annotated catalogue of type specimens of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium), with taxonomic changes, Zootaxa 5496 (2), pp. 191-213 : 195-196

Brachmia infixa Meyrick, 1938

( Figs 4a–b )

Brachmia infixa Meyrick, 1938 — Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo belge, 14, 17.

Type material. Holotype ♂ (abdomen missing), [ DR Congo] Musée du Congo, Rutshuru (1285), 27.xii.1933 - 6.i.1934, G.F. de Witte, Parc Nat. Albert | Holotype, B. infixa M. | R. Det. 4080 M | Congo belge: Kivu, Rutshuru, 1285 m, 27.xii.1933 - 6.i.1934, G.F. de Witte: 141 | E. Meyrick det., 1937: Brachmia infixa Meyr. (RMCA) .

Remarks. Brachmia infixa was described based on the male holotype. The specimen lacks the abdomen, but superficially looks similar to B. cirrhopa , except that segment 3 of the labial palpus has a brown subapical ring (absent in B. cirrhopa ), and the forewing has three distinct brown spots in the cell (two diffuse spots in B. cirrhopa ).

Distribution. DR Congo: North Kivu Province.

Figures

FIGURES 4–7. 4. Brachmia infixa Meyrick, 1938, holotype. 4a, adult. 4b, labels. 5. Helcystogramma leucopla (Meyrick, 1938), holotype, male. 5a, adult. 5b, labels. 5c, male genitalia. 5d, phallus. 6. Helcystogramma neuroplecta (Meyrick, 1938), holotype, female. 6a, adult. 6b, labels. 6c, female genitalia. 7. Helcystogramma synclepta (Meyrick, 1938), holotype, male. 7a, adult. 7b, labels. 7c, male genitalia. 7d, phallus.