''Scrobipalpa proclivella'' is a

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of the family

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. It is found in large parts of

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, east to the southern Ural Mountains and

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. The

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is . Adults have been recorded on wing in May and from July to August in two generations per year. The larvae feed on ''

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'' and ''

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References

Moths described in 1886 Scrobipalpa Moths of Europe {{Scrobipalpa-stub