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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gnorimoschemini » Scrobipalpa » Scrobipalpa obsoletella - Hodges#2029 (Scrobipalpa obsoletella)

Species Scrobipalpa obsoletella - Hodges#2029

Euscrobipalpa obsoletella - Hodges #2029 - Scrobipalpa obsoletella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Subfamily Gelechiinae

Tribe Gnorimoschemini

Genus Scrobipalpa

Species obsoletella (Scrobipalpa obsoletella - Hodges#2029)

Hodges Number

2029

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scrobipalpa obsoletella (F. von Röslerstamm, 1841)

Lita obsoletella Fischer von Roslerstamm 1841

Euscrobipalpa obsoletella (Fischer von Roslerstamm 1841) (Euscrobipalpa Povolný 1967 is a junior synonym of Scrobipalpa Janse 1951.)

First described in the U.S. as [synonym] Gnorimoschema miscitatella (Clarke, 1932)(1)

Numbers

Scrobipalpa obsoletella is one of six species in America north of Mexico that previously were ascribed to the genus Euscrobipalpa. . (2), (3), (4)

Size

Godart & Duponchel (1832) reported the wingspan as "5 lignes" or about 10.5 mm.

Range

Throughout western North America and Europe. (1)

Season

The main flight period appears to be April to September. (4), (1)

Food

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the larvae bore into the stems of Chenopodium murale (nettleleaf goosefoot). (1)

Life Cycle

Powell & Opler (2009) reported pupation occurs in the stem. (1)

Remarks

Scrobipalpa obsoletella is a European species that was first reported in Washington in 1932 and has spread throughout the western states. (1)

Print References

Godart, J.B. & P.A.J. Duponchel, 1832. Histoire Naturelle des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de France, 1: 261.

Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 99, pl. 10, fig. 10. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.

3.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 June, 2011 - 2:07pm
Additional contributions by Terry Harrison
Last updated 31 May, 2014 - 9:52am

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