Scrobipalpa selectella
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Scrobipalpa |
Species: | S. selectella
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Binomial name | |
Scrobipalpa selectella (Caradja, 1920)
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Scrobipalpa selectella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1920. It is found in Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Uralsk, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tianjin, Xinjiang)[1] and Mongolia.[2][3]
The length of the forewings is about 7 mm (0.28 in). The ground colour of the forewings is dirty whitish to grey with reduced groups of whitish scales. The hindwings are grey.[4]
The larvae feed on Halostachys belangeriana and Halocnemum strobilaceum.
References
- ^ Bidzilya, O.; Li, H. 2010: The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 2513: 1–26. Preview.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca. 70: 111