Scrobipalpa samadensis

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Scrobipalpa samadensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. samadensis
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa samadensis
Synonyms
  • Gelechia samadensisPaffenzeller, 1870
  • Gelechia plantaginellaStainton, 1883
  • Gnorimoschema plantaginella
  • Lita plantaginella
  • Lita brunhildaeSchawerda, 1921
  • Lita zimmermanniZimmermann, 1923
  • Lita plantaginella var. mariaeZimmermann, 1926
  • Lita testacellaRebel, 1935
  • Gelechia echoMeyrick, 1937

Scrobipalpa samadensis, the buck's-horn groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe and Russia (the southern Urals). [2]

The wingspan is 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in).The head is grey, face whitish. Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings brown; veins and costa grey-whitish, suffusedly irrorated withdark fuscous; dorsum sometimes lighter; stigmata blackish, indistinct, first discal beyond plical; sometimes dark costal spots near base, or a dark central longitudinal suffusion; faint costal and tornal whitish spots at 3/4, sometimes obsolete blackish terminal spots between veins. Hindwings 1, pale grey. The larva dull yellowish; dorsal, subdorsal, and spiracular lines sometimes faintly pinkish; dots black; head brown; plate of 2 black. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August. [7]

The larvae feed on Plantago coronopus , Plantago lanceolata and Plantago maritima . The young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. [8]

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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. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
  5. ↑ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
  6. ↑ lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  7. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  8. ↑ bladmineerders.nl


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