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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 » Bryotropha galbanella - Hodges#1922.2 (Bryotropha galbanella)

Species Bryotropha galbanella - Hodges#1922.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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
Species galbanella (Bryotropha galbanella - Hodges#1922.2)
Hodges Number
1922.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bryotropha galbanella (Zeller, 1839) (1), (2)
Gelechia galbanella Zeller, 1839
Synonyms
Gelechia angustella Heinemann, 1870
Gelechia ilmatariella Hoffmann, 1893
Size
Wingspan
♂ 14–18 mm.
♀ 13–16 mm.
Range
Occurs throughout most of Europe and Asia; Alaska and northwestern Canada.
Yukon and Alaska (2)
Introduced to Texas. (This has no reference and seems implausible given it's normal range.)
Moth Photographers Group map (3)
Season
August to September records in Texas. (This has no reference and seems implausible given it's normal range.)
Print References
Rutten, Twan & Ole Karsholt, 2004. Review of the Nearctic species of Bryotropha Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 740: 9. (2)
Zeller, 1839. Isis 32(3): 200.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)
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.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 September, 2014 - 10:48am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 4 November, 2019 - 7:23am

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