''Scrobipalpa sattleri'' 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

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. It was described by Alexandr L. Lvovsky and Vladimir I. Piskunov in 1989. It is found in

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, China (

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)

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 millio ...

.Bidzilya, O. & Li, H. (2010)
"The genus ''Scrobipalpa'' Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species"
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Zootaxa ''Zootaxa'' is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press ''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view ...

'', 2513: 1–26.

References

Scrobipalpa Moths described in 1989 {{Scrobipalpa-stub