Bryotropha hulli

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Bryotropha hulli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bryotropha
Species:
B. hulli
Binomial name
Bryotropha hulli
Karsholt & Rutten, 2005 [1]

Bryotropha hulli is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Croatia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, mainland Greece, the Aegean Islands, Crete, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria and Israel.

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are brown to dark greyish brown, mottled with ochreous. The hindwings are very pale brown at the base and much darker towards the apex. [2] Adults have been recorded on wing from late April to early November in several generations per year.

Etymology

The species is named after Mr. M. Hull who offered numerous specimens of Bryotropha species, among them a large sample of this species, to the authors.

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea [ dead link ]
  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: