Bryotropha figulella

Bryotropha figulella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Bryotropha
Species:	B. figulella
Binomial name
	Bryotropha figulella; (Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
	Gelechia figulella Staudinger, 1859; Gelechia capnella Constant, 1865; Bryotropha cinnamomea Turati, 1934;

Bryotropha figulella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found along the Atlantic coast of France and the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea, including Algeria and Libya. There is a dubious record from Great Britain.

The wingspan is 11–16 mm. The forewings are ochreous grey, mottled with variable amounts of white, greyish brown and fuscous. The hindwings are very pale at the base, but darker at the apex.^[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from late April to early October probably in two generations per year.

The larvae possibly feed on .

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Karsholt, Ole & Twan Rutten, 2005, the genus Bryotropha Heinemann in the western palaearctic (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148: 77-207. Abstract and full article: [1]

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Karsholt, Ole & Twan Rutten, 2005, the genus Bryotropha Heinemann in the western palaearctic (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148: 77-207. Abstract and full article: [1]

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