Scrobipalpa bryophiloides

Scrobipalpa bryophiloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. bryophiloides
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa bryophiloides
Povolný, 1966[1]

Scrobipalpa bryophiloides is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in eastern Europe, from Finland and Latvia through Ukraine to the Volga region and the southern Ural. It is also found from Turkey to the Middle East, Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran), China (Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Xinjiang)[2] and Mongolia.[3]

The length of the forewings is 5–6.1 mm (0.20–0.24 in).[4]

The larvae feed on Suaeda confusa. They possibly mine the leaves of their host plant.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Bidzilya, O.; Li, H. 2010: The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 2513: 1–26. Preview.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 63 : 397
  5. ^ bladmineerders.nl


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