Scrobipalpa blapsigona
| Scrobipalpa blapsigona | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpa |
| Species: | S. blapsigona |
| Binomial name | |
| Scrobipalpa blapsigona (Meyrick, 1916) | |
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Scrobipalpa blapsigona is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India and Bengal.[1]
The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, largely suffusedly streaked with brownish-ochreous, and irregularly sprinkled with blackish. The stigmata are small, cloudy and blackish, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a small cloudy spot of blackish irroration on the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are pale grey, more or less whitish-tinged anteriorly.
The larvae feed on the buds of Solanum melongena.[2]
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