Scrobipalpa vicaria
| Scrobipalpa vicaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpa |
| Species: | S. vicaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Scrobipalpa vicaria (Meyrick, 1921) | |
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Scrobipalpa vicaria is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Spain, as well as on Malta, Crete and the Canary Islands.[1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Namibia and South Africa.[2]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are ochreous-brown suffusedly irrorated with fuscous, tinged with orange beneath the costa anteriorly. There is a small blackish spot on the costa at one-fourth and sometimes one in the middle. The stigmata are blackish, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is an obscure lighter angulated transverse shade at three-fourth, the extremities preceded by some blackish irroration. There is also a suffused blackish spot in the disc beyond this, and cloudy dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey, paler and bluish-tinged in the disc.[3]