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Scrobipalpa blapsigona

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Scrobipalpa

Scrobipalpa blapsigona is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India and Bengal.

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, largely suffusedly streaked with brownish-ochreous, and irregularly sprinkled with blackish. The stigmata are small, cloudy and blackish, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a small cloudy spot of blackish irroration on the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are pale grey, more or less whitish-tinged anteriorly.

The larvae feed on the buds of Solanum melongena.

References

Scrobipalpa blapsigona Wikipedia