Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Scrobipalpa | |
Scrobipalpa selectella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Caradja in 1920. It is found in Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Uralsk, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tianjin, Xinjiang) and Mongolia.
The length of the forewings is about 7 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dirty whitish to grey with reduced groups of whitish scales. The hindwings are grey.
The larvae feed on Halostachys belangeriana and Halocnemum strobilaceum.
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