Bryotropha hulli is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Croatia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, mainland Greece, the Aegean Islands, Crete, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria and Israel.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Bryotropha |
Species: | B. hulli
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Binomial name | |
Bryotropha hulli Karsholt & Rutten, 2005[1]
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The wingspan is 9–11 mm.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from late April to early November in several generations per year.
Etymology
editThe species is named after Mr. M. Hull who offered numerous specimens of Bryotropha species, among them a large sample of this species, to the authors.
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea[dead link]
- ^ 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]