Scrobipalpa geomicta
| Scrobipalpa geomicta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpa |
| Species: | S. geomicta |
| Binomial name | |
| Scrobipalpa geomicta (Meyrick, 1918) | |
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Scrobipalpa geomicta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are brown irrorated with fuscous, with some whitish scales and some darker fuscous suffusion towards the base, and forming a patch in the disc at one-third and a small blackish spot on the costa at one-fourth. The discal stigmata are small, black and approximated. The hindwings are pale bluish-grey.[3]
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