Scrobipalpa monumentella

Scrobipalpa monumentella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species: S. monumentella
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa monumentella
(Chambers, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia monumentella Chambers, 1877

Scrobipalpa monumentella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Chambers in 1877. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado and California.[1][2]

Adults are pale ochreous, irrorated with pale grey and with several small fuscous specks on the forewings, two of which are on the fold, and a series of indistinct ones around the base of the cilia.[3]

The larvae feed on Francenia grandiflora.

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