Scrobipalpa bryophiloides

Scrobipalpa bryophiloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. bryophiloides
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa bryophiloides
Povolný, 1966[1]

Scrobipalpa bryophiloides is a moth of the family Gelechiidae.[2][3][4] It is distributed in northern, eastern, and southeast Europe (from Finland and Latvia to Ukraine and Greece to the Volga region and the southern Ural).[3][4][5] It is also found from Turkey to the Middle East, Central Asia[3][5] (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Iran[6]), China (Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Xinjiang[6]) and Mongolia.[3][5][6]

The length of the forewings is 5–6.1 mm (0.20–0.24 in).[1] The larvae feed on Suaeda confusa (=Suaeda acuminata).[2][7] They possibly mine the leaves of their host plant.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Povolný, Dalibor (1966). "Neubeschreibungen von palaearktischen Scrobipalpa-Arten (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)". Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca. 63: 394–406 [397].
  2. ^ a b Hobern, D. & Sattler, K. (18 December 2025). "Scrobipalpa bryophiloides Povolný, 1966". Catalogue of World Gelechiidae 1.1.25.352. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d Savela, Markku. "Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  4. ^ a b "Scrobipalpa bryophiloides Povolný, 1966". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b c Junnilainen, Jari; Karsholt, Ole; Nupponen, Kari; Kaitila, Jari-Pekka; Nupponen, Timo; Olschwang, Vladimir (2010). "The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)". Zootaxa. 2367 (1): 1–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2367.1.1.
  6. ^ a b c Bidzilya, Oleksiy; Li, Houhun (2010). "The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species". Zootaxa. 2513 (1): 1–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2513.1.1.
  7. ^ a b Ellis, W. N. (2017). "Scrobipalpa bryophiloides Povolný, 1966". Plant Parasites of Europe. Leafminers, galls and fungi. Retrieved 8 January 2026.