Scrobipalpa flavinerva

Scrobipalpa flavinerva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Scrobipalpa
Species: S. flavinerva
Binomial name
Scrobipalpa flavinerva
Bidzilya & Li, 2010

Scrobipalpa flavinerva is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oleksiy V. Bidzilya and Hou-Hun Li in 2010. It is found in the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia and in Mongolia.[1]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are grey with the veins cream, yellowish white. There is a small dark stripe at two-thirds and a small black dot at the corner of the cell. The hindwings are light grey, with dark veins. Adults are on wing from the end of June to mid-August.

Etymology

The species name refers to the wing pattern and is derived from Latin flavus (meaning yellow) and nervus (meaning vein).[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Scrobipalpa flavinerva Bidzilya & Li, 2010". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  2. Bidzilya, Oleksiy; Li, Houhun (2010). "The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2513: 1–26.


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