Scrobipalpa atriplicella

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Scrobipalpa atriplicella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. atriplicella
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa atriplicella
Synonyms
  • Lita atriplicellaFischer v. Röslerstamm, 1841
  • Gnorimoschema atriplicellum
  • Gnorimoschema chenopodiellaBusck, 1916
  • Tinea atrellaThunberg, 1788
  • Lita atriplicella var. infumatellaFuchs, 1901
  • Scrobipalpa (Euscrobipalpa) arogantellaPovolný, 1967
  • Scrobipalpa altajicaPovolný, 1969

Scrobipalpa atriplicella, the goosefoot groundling moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe throughout Asia to Kamchatka and Japan. It is an introduced species in North America. [2]

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. [3] Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings are dark fuscous, whitish-sprinkled, mixed or somewhat streaked longitudinally with pale ochreous, dorsal area lighter; a dark spot on costa at 1/4; stigmata blackish, ill-defined, first discal rather beyond plical; indistinct blackish spots on fold before and beyond plical, and in angle of a faint pale fascia at 3/4. Hindwings 1, light grey, darker terminally. The larva is greenish yellow or green; dorsal line rosy -suffused; head yellowish. [4]

There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again from July to August. [5]

The larvae feed on Atriplex laciniata , Atriplex patula , Atriplex prostrata , Atriplex tatarica , Beta vulgaris , Chenopodium album , Chenopodium ficifolium , Chenopodium hybridum , Chenopodium murale , Chenopodium quinoa and Halimione portulacoides . The young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. [6] They can be found in June and from September to October.

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  4. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  5. ↑ UKmoths
  6. ↑ bladmineerders.nl


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