Scrobipalpa ocellatella
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| Species: | S. ocellatella
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| Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd, 1858)
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Scrobipalpa ocellatella, the beet moth, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Boyd in 1858. It is found on Madeira and the Canary Islands, and in North Africa, most of Europe, the Middle East,[1][2] Iran, from the southern part of European Russia to the Caucasus, as well as in Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and Turkmenistan.
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are grey-brown, with a yellow pattern and small black spots. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
The larvae feed on Beta maritima and Beta vulgaris. Young larvae bore in the mirdrib. Later, they mine the leaf from a web spun over of the leaf. The larvae have a grey green body with vague reddish-brown length lines and a light brown head.[4]