Scrobipalpula equatoriella

Scrobipalpula equatoriella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Bernard Landry in 2010. It is found on the Galápagos Islands.[1]

Scrobipalpula equatoriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Scrobipalpula
Species:
S. equatoriella
Binomial name
Scrobipalpula equatoriella
Landry, 2010

The length of the forewings is 2.5-2.7 mm. The forewings are cream tinged with ochreous below the fold from the base to three-fifths. Above the fold, the colour is mostly greyish brown, with more or less distinct diagonal cream bands at one-fifth, two-fifths and four-fifths, with dark brown dashes in the fold at two-fifths and along the midline at three-fifths and subapically. There is also light ochreous to brown at the termen, as a spot submedially, and below the costa as a broken line, and in the fold. The hindwings are blackish brown, becoming paler greyish brown on the distal one-third.

Etymology

The species name refers to the fact that the species has been collected in Ecuador and on the equatorial line.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Scrobipalpula Povolný, 1964". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  2. Revue suisse de Zoologie 117 (4): 726


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