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Scrobipalpa suaedella

Synonyms: Lita suaedella (homotypic); Phthorimaea flavidorsella; Scrobipalpa hartigi

Wikipedia Abstract

Scrobipalpa suaedella, the sea-blite groundling, is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Richardson in 1893. It is found in Libya, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Corsica, Sardinia, Cyprus and Turkey. The larvae feed on Suaeda vera and Suaeda maritima. They feed in a gallery amongst the flowers and leaves.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Chesil and the Fleet 4032 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Suaeda maritima richii (herbaceous seepweed)[1]
Suaeda nigra (bush seepweed)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Botanophila depressa1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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