Bryotropha tachyptilella

Bryotropha tachyptilella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Bryotropha
Species:	B. tachyptilella
Binomial name
	Bryotropha tachyptilella; (Rebel, 1916)
Synonyms
	Lita tachyptilella Rebel, 1916;

Bryotropha tachyptilella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and Ukraine.

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are dark ochreous grey, in the central part mixed with pale ochreous and ochreous grey. The hindwings are pale ochreous brown, but darker towards the apex.^[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July and in early September.

References

^ 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]

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[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: [1]

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