''Scrobipalpa argentea'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...

. It was described by Povolný in 1969. It is found in

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. The length of the forewings is about .''Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca'' 66 : 373
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References

Scrobipalpa Moths described in 1969 Taxa named by Dalibor Povolný {{Scrobipalpa-stub