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Topic: Brachmia gerronella (micro-moth)

I've found a problem with Brachmia gerronella Zell.

Recorder 6, NHM Species Dict. and MapMate give this as a synonym of Caryocolum blandella Doug.
LepIndex gives it as a valid species but B.blandella does not exist in their listing
Two other web-sites (which have previously proved reliable) consider it a synonym of B.blandella F.

I think Meyrick's B.gerronella is in fact B.blandella because Meyrick associates it with gorse and its English name in Recorder is 'Gorse Crest'

Unfortunately both B.blandella (866) and C.blandella (832) are valid species on Bradley & Fletcher

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Re: Brachmia gerronella (micro-moth)

Hi Craig

A bit confusing so, just to get this straight in my head, are you saying that the synonym "Brachmia gerronella (Zeller, 1850)" [NHMSYS0000501523] has been misapplied to "Caryocolum blandella (Douglas, 1852)" [NHMSYS0000501647] and should be moved to "Brachmia blandella (Fabricius, 1798)" [NHMSYS0000501522]?

Going by PESI that would seem to be the correct state of affairs.

Best wishes,
Chris R.

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Re: Brachmia gerronella (micro-moth)

Yes !

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Re: Brachmia gerronella (micro-moth)

Great - thanks Craig, just wanted to make sure

That's done on my master copy here now :)

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)