Bryotropha similis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It has a Holarctic distribution, including Greenland and Iceland. It is widespread in northern, central and eastern Europe. In southern Europe, it is only known from a few mountainous regions. It is also found throughout the Palaearctic.

Bryotropha similis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bryotropha
Species:
B. similis
Binomial name
Bryotropha similis
(Stainton, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia similis Stainton, 1854
  • Gelechia thuleella Zeller (in Staudinger), 1857
  • Gelechia similella Doubleday, 1859
  • Gelechia pullifimbriella Clemens, 1863
  • Gelechia confinis Stainton, 1871
  • Gelechia obscurecinerea Nolcken, 1871
  • Gelechia stolidella Morris, 1872
  • Gelechia fuliginosella Snellen, 1882
  • Bryotropha fuliginosella
  • Gelechia clandestina Meyrick, 1923
  • Duvita tahavusella Forbes, 1922
  • Bryotropha dufraneella de Joannis, 1928
  • Bryotropha novisimilis Li & Zheng, 1997

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from early June to late August, probably in one generation per year.

References

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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]