Scrobipalpa brahmiella

Scrobipalpa brahmiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species: S. brahmiella
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa brahmiella
(Heyden, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia brahmiella Heyden, 1862
  • Gnorimoschema brahmiella

Scrobipalpa brahmiella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in central Europe, from France to Slovakia, further east to the Lower Volga and the southern Ural.[2]

The larvae feed on Jurinea cyanoides, Jurinea humilis, Jurinea mollis and Serratula species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rounded, somewhat inflated blotch, which is made in the tip of the leaf or leaf segment. The frass is deposited in the leaf apex. This is also where hibernation takes place. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[3] The larvae are reddish brown. They can be found from October to April and again from July to August.

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. bladmineerders.nl



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