Bryotropha italica
| Bryotropha italica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Bryotropha |
| Species: | B. italica
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| Binomial name | |
| Bryotropha italica Karsholt & Rutten, 2005[1]
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Bryotropha italica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Italy.
The wingspan is 13–14 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
Wikispecies has information related to Bryotropha italica.
- ^ 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]