Bryotropha azovica

Bryotropha azovica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bryotropha
Species: B. azovica
Binomial name
Bryotropha azovica
Bidzilia, 1997[1]

Bryotropha azovica is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Bulgaria, Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Cyprus, Turkey and Ukraine.

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are ochreous brown to dark brown with a slight orange tinge. The hindwings are pale ochreous brown at the base, but substantially darker towards the apex.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July and again from late September to early October.

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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