Scrobipalpa selectella

Scrobipalpa selectella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species: S. selectella
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa selectella
(Caradja, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia selectella Caradja, 1920
  • Scrobipalpa fraterna Povolný, 1969

Scrobipalpa selectella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by 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. 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

  1. Bidzilya, O.; Li, H. 2010: The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 2513: 1–26. Preview.
  2. funet.fi
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. Acta ent. bohemoslov. 70 : 111
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