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.
The wingspan is 11–13 mm., 2005, the genus Bryotropha Heinemann in the western palaearctic (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148: 77-207. Abstract and full article: 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.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and descriptionHeath, J., ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2Langmaid, 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 Societylepiforum.de includes images
Adults have been recorded on wing from early June to late August, probably in one generation per year.
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