Scrobipalpa portosanctana (Stainton, 1859)
Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae

Lycium barbarum, Spain; from Hering (1936b)
mine
The larva spins two leaves together and mines them out from the outside. All frass is deposited in the space between the leaves.
hostplants
Solanaceae, monophagous
Lycium barbarum, europaeum.
distribution within Europe
France, Spain, Sardinia, Italy, Madeira (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
Grey, dorsally with dark length lines; head and pronotum blackish.
synonyms
Phthorimaea, Scrobipalpa gallincolella Mann, 1872; Gnorimoschema lyciellum (Walsingham, 1900); Gnorimoschema philolycii Hering, 1957.
references
Aguiar & Karsholt (2006a), Hering (1927a, 1936b, 1957a); Huemer & Karsholt (2010a), Skala (1950).
28/07/2011
Last modified 28.vi.2017