Scrobipalpa bryophiloides
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| Scrobipalpa bryophiloides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpa |
| Species: | S. bryophiloides |
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| Scrobipalpa bryophiloides | |
Scrobipalpa bryophiloides is a moth of the family Gelechiidae.[2][3][4] It is distributed in northern, eastern, and southeast Europe (from Finland and Latvia to Ukraine and Greece to the Volga region and the southern Ural).[3][4][5] It is also found from Turkey to the Middle East, Central Asia[3][5] (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran[6]), China (Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Xinjiang[6]) and Mongolia.[3][5][6]
The length of the forewings is 5–6.1 mm (0.20–0.24 in).[1] The larvae feed on Suaeda confusa (=Suaeda acuminata).[2][7] They possibly mine the leaves of their host plant.[7]
