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Lita Nitentella
''Scrobipalpa nitentella'', the common sea groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, North Africa (Tunisia), Turkey, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, China (Qinghai, Xinjiang), Mongolia and Siberia (Transbaikalia). The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year. The larvae feed on ''Atriplex hastata'', ''Atriplex hortensis'', ''Atriplex littoralis'', ''Atriplex praecox'', ''Atriplex prostrate'', ''Beta maritima'', ''Chenopodium album'', ''Halimione pedunculata'', ''Halimione portulacoides'', ''Salicornia europaea'', ''Suaeda altissima'' and ''Suaeda maritima''. Young larvae leaf miner, mine the leaves of their host plant. Full-grown larvae can be found from mid-August to the end of September. References Moths described in 1902 Scrobipalpa Moths of Europe {{Scrobipalpa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
