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Scrobipalpa aptatella (Tobacco stemborer)

Synonyms: Gelechia aptatella (homotypic); Gelechia heliopa (heterotypic); Scrobipalpa heliopa; Scrobipalpa neliopa

Wikipedia Abstract

The tobacco stem borer (Scrobipalpa aptatella) is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in China (Xinjiang), Australia (where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia), New Zealand, Samoa, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Palestine and in Africa, where it has been recorded from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
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Prey / Diet

Nicotiana rustica (Aztec tobacco)[1]
Nicotiana tabacum (cultivated tobacco)[1]
Solanum dulcamara (deadly nightshade)[2]
Solanum jacquinii (Baingun cultivated eggplnat)[1]
Solanum jamaicense (Cat's Claw)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0