''Scrobipalpa leucocephala'' 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 Oswald Bertram Lower in 1893. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded form

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New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

and

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. The

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is . The forewings are ochreous-whitish, irregularly and suffusedly irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous and with two undefined darker costal spots towards the base, and two in the disc obliquely beyond these. The stigmata are dark fuscous and pale-edged, the plical obliquely before the first discal, placed in an elongate pale mark. There is a dark fuscous pale-edged dot obliquely near beyond and beneath the second discal and a pale angulated transverse shade at three-fourths more or less indicated. The hindwings are light grey, darker posteriorly.

References

Scrobipalpa Moths described in 1893 {{Scrobipalpa-stub