Bryotropha Explained

Bryotropha is a genus of the twirler moth family (Gelechiidae). Among these, it is placed in the tribe Anomologini of subfamily Gelechiinae; the tribe was formerly considered a distinct subfamily Anomologinae.^[1]

Species

Species of Bryotropha are:^[2]

• horribilis-group
  • Bryotropha horribilis Rutten & Karsholt, 2005
  • Bryotropha sabulosella (Rebel, 1905)
• domestica-group
  • Bryotropha domestica (Haworth, 1828)
  • Bryotropha vondermuhlli Nel & Brusseaux, 2003
• terrella-group
  • Bryotropha rossica Anikin & Piskunov, 1996
  • Bryotropha azovica Bidzilia, 1997
  • Bryotropha arabica Amsel, 1952
  • Bryotropha brevivalvata Li & Zheng, 1997
  • Bryotropha patockai Elsner & Karsholt, 2003
  • Bryotropha purpurella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
  • Bryotropha parapurpurella Bidzilya, 1998
  • Bryotropha elegantula Li & Zheng, 1997
  • Bryotropha tachyptilella (Rebel, 1916)
  • Bryotropha italica Karsholt & Rutten, 2005
  • Bryotropha politella (Stainton, 1851)
  • Bryotropha aliterrella (Rebel, 1935)
  • Bryotropha nupponeni Karsholt & Rutten, 2005
  • Bryotropha terrella
  • Bryotropha sattleri Nel, 2003
  • Bryotropha desertella (Douglas, 1850)
  • Bryotropha palliptera Li & Wang, 2000
  • Bryotropha wolschrijni Karsholt & Rutten, 2005
  • Bryotropha heckfordi Karsholt & Rutten, 2005
• similis-group
  • Bryotropha figulella (Staudinger, 1859)
  • Bryotropha plantariella (Tengström, 1848)
  • Bryotropha galbanella (Zeller, 1839)
  • Bryotropha gemella Rutten & Karsholt, 2004
  • Bryotropha boreella (Douglas, 1851)
  • Bryotropha phycitiniphila Karsholt & Rutten, 2005
  • Bryotropha sutteri Karsholt & Rutten, 2005
  • Bryotropha gallurella Amsel, 1952
  • Bryotropha hendrikseni Karsholt & Rutten, 2005
  • Bryotropha pallorella Amsel, 1952 (= B. mulinoides)
  • Bryotropha hulli Karsholt & Rutten, 2005
  • Bryotropha plebejella (Zeller, 1847)
  • Bryotropha dryadella (Zeller, 1850) (= B. saralella)
  • Bryotropha basaltinella (Zeller, 1839)
  • Bryotropha affinis (Haworth, 1828)
  • Bryotropha umbrosella (Zeller, 1839) (= B. mundella)
  • Bryotropha similis (Stainton, 1854) (= B. dufraneella)
  • Bryotropha svenssoni Park, 1984
  • Bryotropha senectella (Zeller, 1839)
  • Bryotropha hodgesi Rutten & Karsholt, 2004
  • Bryotropha branella (Busck, 1908)
  • Bryotropha altitudophila Rutten & Karsholt, 2004
  • Bryotropha montana Li & Zheng, 1997

Former species

• Bryotropha plurilineella Chrét (nomen nudum)

References

• • • (2009): Bryotropha. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
• (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species  - Bryotropha. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
• (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms  - Bryotropha. Version of 2001-NOV-08. Retrieved 2010-APR-30.
• , 2000: New records of gelechiid moths from the Southern Siberia with description of three new species. Beiträge zur Entomologie 50 (2): 385-395.
• , 2003: Bryotropha patockai sp. nov.- a new species of Gelechiidae from eastern Centra Europe (Lepidoptera). Entomologische Zeitschrift 113 (3): 72-74.
• , 2004, Review of the Nearctic species of Bryotropha Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 740: 1-42.

Notes and References

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), ABRS (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2001)
2. , 2005, the genus Bryotropha Heinemann in the western palaearctic (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148: 77-207. Abstract and full article: http://www.nev.nl/tve/pdf/te0148077.pdf