''Scrobipalpa argenteonigra'' is a
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 w ...
in the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1972. It is found in northern
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
Subspecies
*''Scrobipalpa argenteonigra argenteonigra''
*''Scrobipalpa argenteonigra halocnemi''
(Falkovitsh & Bidzilya, 2006) (Uzbekistan, south-eastern Kazakhstan)
References
Scrobipalpa
Moths described in 1972
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