Scrobipalpa alterna is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Mark I. Falkovitsh and Oleksiy V. Bidzilya in 2006. It is found in the southern Ural mountains and south-eastern Kazakhstan.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpa |
| Species: | S. alterna
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| Binomial name | |
| Scrobipalpa alterna (Falkovitsh & Bidzilya, 2006)
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The wingspan is 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in).
The larvae feed on Krascheninnikovia ceratoides.[3]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Scrobipalpa alterna (Falkovitsh & Bidzilya, 2006)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Scrobipalpa alterna (Falkovitsh & Bidzilya, 2006)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ ФАЛЪКОВИЧ, М. И. & А. БИДЗИЛЯ (2006): Виїмчастокрилі молі триби Gnorimoschemini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) туранської фауни, які живуть на лободових (Chenopodiaceae), з описами нових видів [The Turanian gelechiid moths of the tribe Gnorimoschemini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) living on plants of the family Chenopodiaceae, with descriptions of new species]. — ПРАЦІ ЗООЛОГІЧНОГО МУЗЕЮ 4: 62-104. Kiew Full article (in Ukrainian)