Bryotropha

Bryotropha
Adult Bryotropha terrella
at Commanster (Belgian Ardennes)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Tribe: Anomologini
Genus: Bryotropha
Heinemann, 1870
Type species
Tinea terrella
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Species

Many, see text

Synonyms

[1]
Briotropha (lapsus)
Bryothropha (lapsus)
Bryotrocha (lapsus)

Bryotropha is a genus of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). Among these, it is placed in the tribe Anomologini of subfamily Gelechiinae; the tribe was formerly considered a distinct subfamily Anomologinae.[2]

Selected species

Species of Bryotropha include:[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)
  2. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), ABRS (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
  3. ^ ABRS (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)

References