Scrobipalpa monumentella

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

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

Adults are pale ocherous, irrorated (speckled) with pale gray 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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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3: 125 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .