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Brachmia melicephala

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Brachmia melicephala is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Myanmar (Burma).

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Quick facts about Brachmia melicephala

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Brachmia melicephala live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Brachmia melicephala is listed for 1 country.

Myanmar
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Myanmar (Burma)

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Brachmia melicephala endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Brachmia melicephala classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusBrachmia
  7. SpeciesBrachmia melicephala Meyrick, 1918

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Brachmia melicephala

Other species in the same genus Brachmia.

Gorse crest

Brachmia blandella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

Fen crest

Brachmia inornatella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

Moth

Brachmia infuscatella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Brachmia melicephala live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Brachmia melicephala for 1 country: Myanmar (Burma). Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Brachmia melicephala?

Brachmia melicephala (Brachmia melicephala) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brachmia melicephala (Brachmia melicephala). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brachmia-melicephala

MLA

“Brachmia melicephala (Brachmia melicephala).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brachmia-melicephala.

BibTeX
@misc{brachmia_melicephala_2026,
  title = {Brachmia melicephala (Brachmia melicephala)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brachmia-melicephala},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}