Scrobipalpa leucocephala

Scrobipalpa leucocephala is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1893. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded form Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.[1]

Scrobipalpa leucocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Scrobipalpa
Species:	S. leucocephala
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa leucocephala (Lower, 1893)
Synonyms
Gelechia leucocephala Lower, 1893 Gelechia perdita Lower, 1899 Gnorimoschema petrinodes Meyrick, 1904 Scrobipalpa atripennis Povolný, 1977 Scrobipalpa griseipennis Povolný, 1977 Scrobipalpa marmoreipennis Povolný, 1977 Scrobipalpa megalopennis Povolný, 1977

The wingspan is 15–17 mm (0.59–0.67 in). The forewings are ochreous-whitish, irregularly and suffusedly irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous and with two undefined darker costal spots towards the base, and two in the disc obliquely beyond these. The stigmata are dark fuscous and pale-edged, the plical obliquely before the first discal, placed in an elongate pale mark. There is a dark fuscous pale-edged dot obliquely near beyond and beneath the second discal and a pale angulated transverse shade at three-fourths more or less indicated. The hindwings are light grey, darker posteriorly.[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Scrobipalpa". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 20 July 2020 – via FUNET.
2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 321. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.