Scrobipalpa portosanctana

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Scrobipalpa portosanctana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. portosanctana
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa portosanctana
(Stainton, [1859]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia portosanctanaStainton, [1859]
  • Scrobipalpa gallincolellaMann, 1872
  • Lita oasisRebel, 1901
  • Gnorimoschema lyciellaWalsingham, 1900
  • Gnorimoschema philolyciiHering, 1957
  • Gelechia eremaulaMeyrick, 1891
  • Lita desertellaRebel, 1901
  • Phthorimaea bertramellaLucas, 1940
  • Teleia leroyellaLucas, 1949
  • Gnorimoschema reisseriPovolný & Gregor, 1955

Scrobipalpa portosanctana is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1859. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, as well as on Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta and Madeira. It is also present in North Africa and the Near East.

The larvae feed on Lycium barbarum and Lycium europaeum . They mine the leaves of their host plant. They have a grey body with dark length lines and a blackish head. [2]

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Scrobipalpa is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Euscrobipalpa has sometimes been treated as a distinct subgenus, or even as a full genus, but is generally no longer recognised as valid, following Ponomarenko & Park (2007).

Scrobipalpa erichi is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1964. It is found in Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia, Moldova, Ukraine, the Middle East, China, Iran, and Mongolia.

Scrobipalpa parki is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1993. It is found in Korea and China.

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