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Scrobipalpa wiltshirei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Scrobipalpa

Scrobipalpa wiltshirei is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Povolný in 1966. It is found on the Canary Islands and in North Africa, Portugal, Spain, on Cyprus and in Iran.

The length of the forewings is 4.5-5.5 mm. The forewings range from nearly uniform light brownish to dark brown with three marks and sprinkled with various dark scales. The hindwings are dirty whitish to grey.

References

Scrobipalpa wiltshirei Wikipedia