Scrobipalpula sp. 1 aff. diffluellaUndescribed    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Gelechiidae   >   Genus Scrobipalpula   

Status:

This undescribed species is thought to belong to the S. diffluella species complex. The caterpillar forms digitate, blotch mines in the leaves of fleabane (Eiseman, 2021: 1582). Mines should be looked for on its host plants in Maryland.

Relationships:

Larval host plants include Annual Fleabane and possibly Prairie Fleabane (Eiseman, 2021).

There are 0 records in the project database.

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