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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anomologinae » Bryotropha

Genus Bryotropha

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth for ID - Bryotropha 1923.1 - Bryotropha hodgesi Moss-feeding, tunnel-building caterpillar - Bryotropha Gelechiid - Bryotropha similis 1922 (Bryotropha branella) - Bryotropha branella Gelechiidae - Bryotropha unknown moth - Bryotropha moth - Bryotropha
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)
Subfamily Anomologinae
Genus Bryotropha
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bryotropha Heinemann, 1870
Formerly in tribe Anomologini (1)
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet is from Greek βρύον τροφή meaning "moss (for) food."
Identification
Food
Mosses.
See Also
Neodactylota can have a wing pattern similar to some species in Bryotropha.
Print References
Heinemann, H., 1877. Die Schmetterlinge Deutschlands und der Schweitz. 2.2: 233.
Rutten, Twan & Ole Karsholt, 2004. Review of the Nearctic species of Bryotropha Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 740: 9. (2)
Internet References
Key to European Species and Genus Info with Images at British Lepidoptera
Works Cited
1.Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.
2.Review of the Nearctic species of Bryotropha (Heinemann) Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae
Twan Rutten, Ole Karsholt. 2004. Zootaxa, 740: 1–42.
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 26 February, 2011 - 5:25pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 June, 2020 - 4:45pm

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