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Brachmia velitaris

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Brachmia velitaris is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Brachmia velitaris

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 velitaris 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 velitaris is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Brachmia velitaris 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 velitaris classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusBrachmia
  7. SpeciesBrachmia velitaris Meyrick, 1913

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Brachmia velitaris

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

CompareBrachmia velitaris vs Gorse crestBrachmia velitaris vs Fen crestBrachmia velitaris vs MothBrachmia velitaris vs Brachmia procursella

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Brachmia velitaris live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Brachmia velitaris for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Brachmia velitaris?

Brachmia velitaris (Brachmia velitaris) 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 velitaris (Brachmia velitaris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brachmia-velitaris

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{brachmia_velitaris_2026,
  title = {Brachmia velitaris (Brachmia velitaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brachmia-velitaris},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}