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| Scrobipalpa blapsigona | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpa |
| Species: | S. blapsigona |
| Binomial name | |
| Scrobipalpa blapsigona (Meyrick, 1916) | |
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Scrobipalpa blapsigona is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India and Bengal.[1]
The wingspan is 13–14 mm (0.51–0.55 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous, largely suffusedly streaked with brownish ochreous, and irregularly sprinkled with blackish. The stigmata are small, cloudy and blackish, the plical beneath the first discal. There is a small cloudy spot of blackish sprinkles on the costa at two-thirds. The hindwings are pale grey, more or less whitish tinged anteriorly.
The larvae feed on the buds of Solanum melongena.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (9 February 2019). "Scrobipalpa blapsigona (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (18): 569.
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