Bryotropha gallurella

Bryotropha gallurella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Bryotropha
Species:	B. gallurella
Binomial name
	Bryotropha gallurella; Amsel, 1952

Bryotropha gallurella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Portugal, Spain, southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are greyish brown to dark greyish brown, the central part heavily mixed with ochreous to ochreous brown. The extreme base has an ochreous to ochreous brown spot, followed by black blotches on the costa and tornus. The hindwings are pale ochreous grey at the base, but darker towards the apex.^[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from late March to early October, probably in two generations per year.

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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