Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes

Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded form New South Wales, Western Australia, and Victoria.[1]

Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. pyrrhanthes
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Gnorimoschema pyrrhanthes Meyrick, 1904
  • Gnorimoschema marina Meyrick, 1904
  • Gnorimoschema xerophylla Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous, and somewhat mixed with ferruginous-reddish. There are two spots of blackish irroration on the costa towards the base and two on the fold obliquely beyond these. The stigmata are blackish, surrounded with reddish-ferruginous, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Scrobipalpa". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 20 July 2020 – via FUNET.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 318. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.


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