35.043 Bryotropha galbanella (Perth Neb)
ws: 15-17.5mm; May-Aug; NS-A - pine and larch woodland in Scotland
Bryotropha galbanella §1 male
ID: External features - Labial palps S2 without conspicuous furrowed brush; fw yellowish-grey, hw with blunt apex, ws 15-17.5mm > B.galbanella
The only other Bryotropha species to lack a furrowed brush is B.boreella which has a dark fuscous fw, hw with acute apex and ws 12-15mm.
Male genitalia: Aedeagus with whip-like apex; sacculus present; (base of gnathos and surface of vinculum with microtrichia); gnathos long, slender, sinuous
The only other Bryotropha species to lack a furrowed brush is B.boreella which has a dark fuscous fw, hw with acute apex and ws 12-15mm.
Male genitalia: Aedeagus with whip-like apex; sacculus present; (base of gnathos and surface of vinculum with microtrichia); gnathos long, slender, sinuous
Dissection
Male genitalia
§1 Nethybridge, Inverness-shire; 11/07/2011; male; ws 8.3mm
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 19/12/2011 (§1)
