Scrobipalpula lycii

Scrobipalpula lycii is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Powell and Povolný in 2001. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.^[1][2]

The length of the forewings is 3.6-3.9 mm for males and about 3.9 mm for females. The forewings covered by mixed pale and darker cinereous scales, the latter concentrated along the costa and the apical area. There is a triad of blackish dots, the first and third at the half and two-thirds, at the middle and the end of the cell, the second more elongate, situated below the first, closer to the dorsal margin. The hindwings are shining whitish with slight mixture of blackish scales basally.

The larvae possibly feed on Lycium californicum.^[3]

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