Bryotropha similis

Bryotropha similis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It has a Holarctic distribution, including Greenland and Iceland. It is widespread in northern, central and eastern Europe. In southern Europe, it is only known from a few mountainous regions. It is also found throughout the Palaearctic.

Bryotropha similis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Bryotropha
Species:	B. similis
Binomial name
Bryotropha similis (Stainton, 1854)[1]
Synonyms
Gelechia similis Stainton, 1854 Gelechia thuleella Zeller (in Staudinger), 1857 Gelechia similella Doubleday, 1859 Gelechia pullifimbriella Clemens, 1863 Gelechia confinis Stainton, 1871 Gelechia obscurecinerea Nolcken, 1871 Gelechia stolidella Morris, 1872 Gelechia fuliginosella Snellen, 1882 Bryotropha fuliginosella Gelechia clandestina Meyrick, 1923 Duvita tahavusella Forbes, 1922 Bryotropha dufraneella de Joannis, 1928 Bryotropha novisimilis Li & Zheng, 1997

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.^[2] The terminal joint of palpi longer than second. Forewings dark fuscous, somewhat paler sprinkled; stigmata indistinctly blackish, first discal beyond plical; a faint slender obtusely angulated pale fascia at 3, forming an indistinct ochreous-whitish spot on costa. Hindwings grey, paler anteriorly.^[3][4][5][6]

Adults have been recorded on wing from early June to late August, probably in one generation per year.