Scrobipalpa vicaria

Scrobipalpa vicaria is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Spain, as well as on Malta, Crete and the Canary Islands.[1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Namibia and South Africa.[2]

Scrobipalpa vicaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Scrobipalpa
Species:
S. vicaria
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa vicaria
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Phthorimaea vicaria Meyrick, 1921
  • Scrobipalpa tineiformis Povolný, 1967

The wingspan is about 10 mm (0.39 in). The forewings are ochreous-brown suffusedly irrorated with fuscous, tinged with orange beneath the costa anteriorly. There is a small blackish spot on the costa at one-fourth and sometimes one in the middle. The stigmata are blackish, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is an obscure lighter angulated transverse shade at three-fourth, the extremities preceded by some blackish irroration. There is also a suffused blackish spot in the disc beyond this, and cloudy dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey, paler and bluish-tinged in the disc.[3]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Scrobipalpa vicaria (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  3. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8 (2): 74 Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine


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