Scrobipalpopsis petasitis
| Scrobipalpopsis petasitis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpopsis |
| Species: | S. petasitis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scrobipalpopsis petasitis (Pfaffenzeller, 1867) | |
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Scrobipalpopsis petasitis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Pfaffenzeller in 1867. It is found in northern Europe, the Alps and on the Taimyr Peninsula.[1][2]
The larvae feed on Petasites albus, Petasites paradoxus and Petasites frigidus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, full depth, inflated, brownish blotch, expanding from the leaf margin. A single mine generally contains three to ten larvae. The species overwinters in the larval stage, either in the mine or between spun parts of the leaf.[4]
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