Scrobipalpa monumentella

Scrobipalpa monumentella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Scrobipalpa
Species:	S. monumentella
Binomial name
	Scrobipalpa monumentella; (Chambers, 1877)
Synonyms
	Gelechia monumentella Chambers, 1877;

Scrobipalpa monumentella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1877. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado and California.^[1]^[2]

Adults are pale ocherous, irrorated (speckled) with pale gray and with several small fuscous specks on the forewings, two of which are on the fold, and a series of indistinct ones around the base of the cilia.^[3]

The larvae feed on Francenia grandiflora.

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
^ Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3: 125 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3: 125 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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