Bryotropha dryadella

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Bryotropha dryadella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bryotropha
Species:
B. dryadella
Binomial name
Bryotropha dryadella
(Zeller, 1850) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia dryadellaZeller, 1850
  • Bryotropha saralellaAmsel, 1952

Bryotropha dryadella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete and Algeria.

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. [2] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to September, in southern Europe probably in two generations per year.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Karsholt, Ole & Twan Rutten, 2005, the genus Bryotropha Heinemann in the western palaearctic (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Tijdschrift voor Entomologie148: 77-207. Abstract and full article: