Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded form New South Wales, Western Australia, and Victoria.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpa |
| Species: | S. pyrrhanthes
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| Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes (Meyrick, 1904)
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The wingspan is 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous, and somewhat mixed with ferruginous reddish. There are two spots of blackish sprinkles 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
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (9 February 2019). "Scrobipalpa pyrrhanthes (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (2 (114)): 318 – via Internet Archive.