Bryotropha sabulosella

Bryotropha sabulosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bryotropha
Species: B. sabulosella
Binomial name
Bryotropha sabulosella
(Rebel, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lita sabulosella Rebel, 1905

Bryotropha sabulosella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and northern Iran.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are dark, almost blackish brown, in the central part mixed with ochreous, orange-brown and grey. The hindwings are pale ochreous to greyish brown.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July and from September to October, 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 Entomologie 148: 77-207. Abstract and full article:
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