Bryotropha similis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Bryotropha |
| Species: | B. similis
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Bryotropha similis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It has a Holarctic distribution, including Greenland and Iceland. It is widespread in northern, central and eastern Europe. In southern Europe, it is only known from a few mountainous regions. It is also found throughout the Palaearctic.
The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[2] The terminal joint of palpi longer than second. Forewings dark fuscous, somewhat paler sprinkled ; stigmata indistinctly blackish, first discal beyond plical; a faint slender obtusely angulated pale fascia at 3, forming an indistinct ochreous-whitish spot on costa. Hindwings grey, paler anteriorly.[3]
Adults have been recorded on wing from early June to late August, probably in one generation per year.
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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: [1]
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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