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Bryotropha purpurella

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Species of moth

Bryotropha purpurella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Bryotropha
Species: B. purpurella
Binomial name
Bryotropha purpurella
(Zetterstedt, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Lita purpurella Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Gelechia flavipalpella Nylander in Tengström, 1848

Bryotropha purpurella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Russia (European part of Russia, Transbaikalia and Altai).

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. 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:
Taxon identifiers
Bryotropha purpurella


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