Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Scrobipalpula | |
Scrobipalpula physaliella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Chambers in 1872. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Kentucky, New Hampshire and Arizona.
The forewings are dark brown, a little bronzed, rather indistinctly dusted with ochreous, and still more indistinctly with white.
The larvae feed on Physalis viscosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They mine the under surface, and produce a tubicular swelling of the upper surface. Pupation takes place amongst leaves on the ground.
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