''Scrobipalpa grisea'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
of 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 superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d ...
. It is found in
Russia
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(Middle Volga and southern Ural and Siberia: Tuva),
Korea
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,
Mongolia
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and
China (
Inner Mongolia
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).
[; 2010: The genus ''Scrobipalpa'' Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species]
''Zootaxa''
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References
Moths described in 1969
Taxa named by Dalibor Povolný
Scrobipalpa
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