Scrobipalpa atriplicella

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Scrobipalpa atriplicella
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. atriplicella
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa atriplicella
Synonyms
  • Lita atriplicella Fischer v. Röslerstamm, 1841
  • Gnorimoschema atriplicellum
  • Gnorimoschema chenopodiella Busck, 1916
  • Tinea atrella Thunberg, 1788
  • Lita atriplicella var. infumatella Fuchs, 1901
  • Scrobipalpa (Euscrobipalpa) arogantella Povolný, 1967
  • Scrobipalpa altajica Povolný, 1969

Scrobipalpa atriplicella, the goosefoot groundling moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from most of Europe throughout Asia to Kamchatka and Japan. It is an introduced species in North America.[2]

The wingspan is 10–14 mm.[3] Terminal joint of palpi as long as second. Forewings are dark fuscous, whitish-sprinkled, mixed or somewhat streaked longitudinally with pale ochreous, dorsal area lighter; a dark spot on costa at 1/4; stigmata blackish, ill-defined, first discal rather beyond plical; indistinct blackish spots on fold before and beyond plical, and in angle of a faint pale fascia at 3/4. Hindwings 1, light grey, darker terminally. The larva is greenish yellow or green; dorsal line rosy -suffused; head yellowish.[4]

There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and again from July to August.[5]

The larvae feed on , Atriplex patula, Atriplex prostrata, Atriplex tatarica, Beta vulgaris, Chenopodium album, Chenopodium ficifolium, , Chenopodium murale, Chenopodium quinoa and Halimione portulacoides. The young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is irregular corridor-like or blotch-like, it is created from within a silken tube. The mines contain little to no frass.[6] The larvae have a greenish yellow body and yellowish brown head. They can be found in June and from September to October.

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. ^ microlepidoptera.nl
  4. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  5. ^ UKmoths
  6. ^ bladmineerders.nl



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