Scrobipalpa nitentella information

Scrobipalpa nitentella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Scrobipalpa
Species:	S. nitentella
Binomial name
	Scrobipalpa nitentella; (Fuchs, 1902)
Synonyms
	Lita nitentella Fuchs, 1902; Gnorimoschema nitentellum; Phthorimaea seminella Pierce & Metcalfe, 1935; Phthorimaea seminella f. spinosa Gaede, 1937;

Scrobipalpa nitentella, the common sea groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, North Africa (Tunisia), Turkey, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, China (Qinghai, Xinjiang),^[2] Mongolia and Siberia (Transbaikalia).^[3]

The wingspan is 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in). Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.^[4]

The larvae feed on Atriplex hastata, Atriplex hortensis, Atriplex littoralis, Atriplex praecox, Atriplex prostrate, Beta maritima, Chenopodium album, Halimione pedunculata, Halimione portulacoides, Salicornia europaea, Suaeda altissima and Suaeda maritima. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant.^[5] Full-grown larvae can be found from mid-August to the end of September.

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Bidzilya, O.; Li, H. 2010: The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 2513: 1–26. Preview.
^ 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
^ UKmoths
^ bladmineerders.nl

[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Bidzilya, O.; Li, H. 2010: The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 2513: 1–26. Preview.

[3] 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

[4] UKmoths

[5] rders.nl

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