Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Scrobipalpa | |
Similar Scrobipalpa acuminatella, Scrobipalpa atriplicella, Scrobipalpa costella, Scrobipalpa, Gelechiidae | ||
Scrobipalpa arenbergeri is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Povolný in 1973. It is found in Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Italy, Ukraine, the southern Ural mountains and Transbaikal.
The length of the forewings is 5-5.2 mm. Adults are uniform brownish-grey to dark grey with a varying amount of blackish marks. The hindwings are light grey-whitish.
The larvae possibly feed on Centaurea scabiosa.
References
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