''Scrobipalpa griseoflava'' 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 ...
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 superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d ...
. It was described by Oleksiy V. Bidzilya and Yury I. Budashkin in 2011. It is found on the
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a p ...
.
Adults are on wing from mid-May to mid-June.
The larvae probably feed on ''
Halimione verrucifera
''Halimione'' is a plant genus from the subfamily Chenopodioideae of the family Amaranthaceae. It is a sister genus of ''Atriplex'' and is included in that genus by Plants of the World Online.
Description
The species in genus ''Halimione'' a ...
''.
References
Scrobipalpa
Moths described in 2011
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