Bryotropha branella
| Bryotropha branella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Bryotropha |
| Species: | B. branella |
| Binomial name | |
| Bryotropha branella (Busck, 1908)[1] | |
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Bryotropha branella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in the north-eastern part of the United States and adjoining south-eastern Canada.
The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous to dark ochreous grey with a fuscous costal edge and with distinct blackish basal spots at the costa and tornus. The hindwings are pale ochreous grey, but darker towards the apex.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from late June to mid August and in mid-September. There is probably one generation per year.
References
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Rutten, Twan & Ole Karsholt, 2004, Review of the Nearctic species of Bryotropha Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 740: 1-42
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