Scrobipalpopsis petrella

Scrobipalpopsis petrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpopsis
Species: S. petrella
Binomial name
Scrobipalpopsis petrella
(Busck, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Gnorimoschema petrella Busck, 1915
  • Ptycerata petrella

Scrobipalpopsis petrella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Busck in 1915. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Hampshire, Illinois, Maine and Alberta.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are white, liberally and evenly dusted with brownish fuscous atoms and with three small, indistinct, black dots, one on the middle of the cell, one obliquely below on the fold and one at the end of the cell. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

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