''Scrobipalpa nigripuncta'' 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 Hou-Hun Li in 2010. It is found in

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

, China. Adults are on wing in May.

Etymology

The species name refers to the wing pattern and is derived from the Latin prefix ''nigr-'' (meaning black) and Latin ''punctus'' (meaning small spot).

References

Scrobipalpa Moths described in 2010 {{Scrobipalpa-stub