Scrobipalpula hemilitha
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpula |
| Species: | S. hemilitha
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| Binomial name | |
| Scrobipalpula hemilitha (Clarke, 1965)
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Scrobipalpula hemilitha is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Clarke in 1965. It is found on the Galapagos Islands.[1]
The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are clay color, the costal half suffused greyish, irrorate with many white-tipped, dark grey scales. There are two clouded areas in the center of the wing. There are three dark grey discal stigmata, one at one-third in the cell, one in the fold slightly beyond the first and one at the end of the cell. The hindwings are light greyish fuscous.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 117 (3508) : 81
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