Scrobipalpula hemilitha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpula
Species:
S. hemilitha
Binomial name
Scrobipalpula hemilitha
(Clarke, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Gnorimoschema hemilitha Clarke, 1965

Scrobipalpula hemilitha is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Clarke in 1965. It is found on the Galapagos Islands.[1]

The wingspan is 9โ€“11 mm. The forewings are clay color, the costal half suffused greyish, irrorate with many white-tipped, dark grey scales. There are two clouded areas in the center of the wing. There are three dark grey discal stigmata, one at one-third in the cell, one in the fold slightly beyond the first and one at the end of the cell. The hindwings are light greyish fuscous.[2]

References

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  2. โ†‘ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 117 (3508) : 81 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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