Scrobipalpa samadensis

Scrobipalpa samadensis, the buck's-horn groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe and Russia (the southern Urals).[2]

Scrobipalpa samadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. samadensis
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa samadensis
Synonyms
  • Gelechia samadensis Paffenzeller, 1870
  • Gelechia plantaginella Stainton, 1883
  • Gnorimoschema plantaginella
  • Lita plantaginella
  • Lita brunhildae Schawerda, 1921
  • Lita zimmermanni Zimmermann, 1923
  • Lita plantaginella var. mariae Zimmermann, 1926
  • Lita testacella Rebel, 1935
  • Gelechia echo Meyrick, 1937

The wingspan is 13–15 mm (0.51–0.59 in). Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.[3]

The larvae feed on Plantago coronopus, Plantago lanceolata and Plantago maritima. The young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a short, narrow gallery, made in the young leaves. Older larvae bore in the rhizome of their host plant.[4] The larvae have a yellowish white body with salmon coloured length lines and a blackish brown head. Mining larvae can be found in autumn. The species overwinters in the larval stage in the rhizome.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. microlepidoptera.nl
  4. bladmineerders.nl



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