Bryotropha senectella

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Bryotropha senectella

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Bryotropha
Species:	B. senectella
Binomial name
*Bryotropha senectella* (Zeller, 1839)^[1]
Synonyms
Gelechia senectella Zeller, 1839 Gelechia ciliatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Bryotropha obscurella Heinemann, 1870 Bryotropha minorella Heinemann, 1870 Bryotropha phoebusella Millière, 1876 Bryotropha larseni Strand, 1927

Bryotropha senectella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found throughout Europe.

The wingspan is 9–13 mm.^[2] The terminal joint of palpi is longer than second. The forewings are light ochreous, mixed with fuscous, or wholly fuscous with a dark fuscous spot in disc near base; stigmata dark fuscous, first discal beyond plical; an indistinct angulated pale fascia at 3/4, preceded by a dark costal spot. Hindwings light grey.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]^[6]

Adults have been recorded on wing from June to early September.The larvae feed on mosses.

References

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^ Fauna Europaea
^ 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]
^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
^ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Taxon identifiers
Bryotropha senectella	Wikidata: Q13574032 BioLib: 47769 BOLD: 86672 CoL: 5X4DP EoL: 359580 EUNIS: 302391 Fauna Europaea: 436951 Fauna Europaea (new): 6951f1b9-56a5-440d-bf9b-ca4259529d3f GBIF: 1848713 iNaturalist: 773376 IRMNG: 10330529 LepIndex: 99184 LoB: 5635 MaBENA: BryotSenec NBN: NHMSYS0000501557 NCBI: 1100928 Observation.org: 25961 Open Tree of Life: 649104

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