Bryotropha italica

Bryotropha italica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bryotropha
Species:
B. italica
Binomial name
Bryotropha italica

Bryotropha italica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Italy.

The wingspan is 13โ€“14 mm.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from late May to mid-July.

The larvae possibly feed on Melandrium album.

Etymology

This species name refers to Italy, the country from which it was first described.

References

  1. โ†‘ Fauna Europaea
  2. โ†‘ 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: