Scrobipalpa pendens

Scrobipalpa pendens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Scrobipalpa
Species:	S. pendens
Binomial name
	Scrobipalpa pendens; (Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
	Phthorimaea pendens Meyrick, 1918;

Scrobipalpa pendens is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are reddish-ochreous, paler towards the base, with a few scattered black scales and a blackish dot towards the base above the middle, one in the middle beyond this, and one still further on beneath the fold. There is an irregular oblique grey streak irrorated with black from the costa at one-fourth to below the middle, interrupted beneath the costa, angulated and continued upwards to the costa at three-fourths, and a similar streak from the middle of the costa crossing this and also below the middle angulated upwards to touch it again just beyond the second discal stigma. The stigmata are rather large and black, the plical somewhat before the first discal, these placed on the margins of the angle of the first streak, the second discal on the posterior arm of the first streak. There is some grey irroration along the upper half of the termen. The hindwings are light slaty-grey.[3]

References

Savela, Markku (ed.). "Scrobipalpa". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 20 July 2020 – via FUNET.
Afro Moths
Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6 (2) : 18 Archived 2015-06-19 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Scrobipalpa". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 20 July 2020 – via FUNET.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6 (2) : 18 Archived 2015-06-19 at the Wayback Machine