Scrobipalpula gregalis

Scrobipalpula gregalis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Peru.[1]

Scrobipalpula gregalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Scrobipalpula
Species:
S. gregalis
Binomial name
Scrobipalpula gregalis
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Phthorimaea gregalis Meyrick, 1917

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, speckled with whitish and sometimes with short brownish-ochreous dashes beneath the costa at one-sixth and one-third. The stigmata are small, black and sometimes edged with brownish markings, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. Sometimes, there is some obscure brownish marking in the disc posteriorly. The hindwings are slaty grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (May 8, 2020). "Scrobipalpula gregalis (Meyrick, 1917)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1917 (1): 43.


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