Scrobipalpa bryophiloides

Scrobipalpa bryophiloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species: S. bryophiloides
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa bryophiloides
Povolný, 1966[1]

Scrobipalpa bryophiloides is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in eastern Europe, from Finland and Latvia through Ukraine to the Volga region and the southern Ural. It is also found from Turkey to the Middle East, Central Asia and Mongolia.[2]

The larvae feed on Suaeda confusa. They possibly mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

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. bladmineerders.nl
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