Bryotropha affinis
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Bryotropha |
Species: | B. affinis
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Binomial name | |
Bryotropha affinis | |
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Bryotropha affinis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from June to July.[3] The forewings are dark greyish brown to black. The hindwings are grey, but darker towards the apex. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to September.[4]
The larvae feed on various mosses. They feed from within a silken gallery.[5] They have a dull purplish brown body.
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea[dead link]
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UKmoths
- ^ 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]
- ^ Hants Moths