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Scrobipalpa pulchra

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Scrobipalpa pulchra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. pulchra
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa pulchra
Povolný, 1967[1]

Scrobipalpa pulchra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Latvia, Russia (the southern Ural), Ukraine, the Near East and Middle East, Turkey, Central Asia, Mongolia and China[2] (Xinjiang).[3]

The larvae feed on Haloxylon persicum, Haloxylon ammodendron, Haloxylon subaphyllus, Climacoptera crassa and Gamanthus gamocarpus.

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. ^ Bidzilya, O.; Li, H. 2010: The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 2513: 1–26. Preview.