''Scrobipalpa saltans'' 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 Wakeham-Dawson in 2012. It is found on the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubou ...

Etymology

The species name refers to its jumping habit and is derived from Latin ''saltans''.Lepidoptera of the Falkland Islands: Two new species of Gelechiidae
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References

Scrobipalpa Moths described in 2012 {{Scrobipalpa-stub