Scrobipalpa heretica

Scrobipalpa heretica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Scrobipalpa
Species:	S. heretica
Binomial name
	Scrobipalpa heretica; Povolný, 1973[1]
Synonyms
	Scrobipalpa submagnificella Povolný, 1977;

Scrobipalpa heretica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is in southern China (Xinjiang),[2] Russia (the southern Ural, Volga region), Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and the Altai.[3]

The length of the forewings is 4.6–4.8 mm (0.18–0.19 in). There are mixed light and dark ash-grey scales with black tips on the forewings. The hindwings are dark ash-grey.[4]

References

Fauna Europaea
Bidzilya, O.; Li, H. 2010: The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 2513: 1–26. Preview.
Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 70 : 107

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Bidzilya, O.; Li, H. 2010: The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 2513: 1–26. Preview.

[3] Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview

[4] Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 70 : 107