Scrobipalpa artemisiella

Scrobipalpa artemisiella
	Scrobipalpa artemisiella, Cavenham Heath, Suffolk
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Scrobipalpa
Species:	S. artemisiella
Binomial name
	Scrobipalpa artemisiella; (Treitschke, 1833)
Synonyms
	Lita artemisiella Treitschke, 1833; Gnorimoschema artemisiellum; Scrobipalpa artemisiellum; Anacampsis ancillella Bruand. 1851; Scrobipalpa gregori Povolny, 1967; Lita oreocyrniella Petry, 1904; Lita paniculatella Novicki, 1924; Scrobipalpa artemisiella syriaca Povolný, 1967; Scrobipalpa artemisiella mongolensis Povolný, 1969;

Scrobipalpa artemisiella (thyme moth) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Portugal and Norway), Turkey and Syria through the Caucasus and Central Asia to Irkutsk and Mongolia. It has also been recorded from North America, but this records requires confirmation.^[2]

A sprig of *Thymus serpyllum* eaten by larva

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.^[3] Terminal joint of palpi as long as second or hardly longer. Forewings are dark brown, whitish -sprinkled, more or less streaked longitudinally with ferruginous, dorsal area visually lighter; stigmata somewhat elongate, black, first discal rather beyond plical; usually a black mark on fold beyond plical; some black dots before apex and on termen. Hindwings 1, light grey, darker terminally. The larva is greenish; dorsal and subdorsal lines darker; head pale brown; 2 brown-marked.^[4]^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Adults are on wing from June to July.^[8]

The larvae feed on Thymus praecox arcticus, Thymus pulegioides, Thymus serpyllum and Satureja montana.^[9]

Subspecies

Scrobipalpa artemisiella artemisiella
Scrobipalpa artemisiella oreocyrniella Petry, 1904 (Sardinia, Corsica)

References

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
^ microlepidoptera.nl
^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
^ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ UKmoths
^ bladmineerders.nl

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview

[3] rolepidoptera.nl

[4] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[5] Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2

[6] Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society

[7] rum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[8] UKmoths

[9] rders.nl

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