Scrobipalpa nitentella

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Scrobipalpa nitentella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. nitentella
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa nitentella
(Fuchs, 1902) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lita nitentellaFuchs, 1902
  • Gnorimoschema nitentellum
  • Phthorimaea seminellaPierce & Metcalfe, 1935
  • Phthorimaea seminella f. spinosaGaede, 1937

Scrobipalpa nitentella, the common sea groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, North Africa (Tunisia), Turkey, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, China (Qinghai, Xinjiang), [2] Mongolia and Siberia (Transbaikalia). [3]

The wingspan is 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in). Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year. [4]

The larvae feed on Atriplex hastata , Atriplex hortensis , Atriplex littoralis , Atriplex praecox , Atriplex prostrate , Beta maritima , Chenopodium album , Halimione pedunculata , Halimione portulacoides , Salicornia europaea , Suaeda altissima and Suaeda maritima . Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. [5] Full-grown larvae can be found from mid-August to the end of September.

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References

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