''Scrobipalpa clintoni'', the Atlantic groundling, is a
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It is found from north-western Europe to
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
,
Belarus,
European Russia
European Russia (russian: Европейская Россия, russian: европейская часть России, label=none) is the western and most populated part of Russia. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the cou ...
and
Ukraine. The habitat consists of
shingle beach
A shingle beach (also referred to as rocky beach or pebble beach) is a beach which is armoured with pebbles or small- to medium-sized cobbles (as opposed to fine sand). Typically, the stone composition may grade from characteristic sizes ranging ...
es and sandy
beaches.
The
wingspan is . Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to August.
The larvae feed on ''
Rumex crispus
''Rumex crispus'', the curly dock, curled dock or yellow dock, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Europe and Western Asia.
Description
The plant produces an inflorescence or flower stalk that grows to high. I ...
'' and ''
Rumex confertus
''Rumex confertus'' (Russian dock) is a flowering plant species in the family Polygonaceae
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name ...
''. They feed within the stem of their host plant. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
Hants Moths
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References
Moths described in 1968
Scrobipalpa
Moths of Europe
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