Scrobipalpa ergasima
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Description
Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916)
Phthorimaea ergasima Meyrick, 1916: 568. TL: Bengal, Pusa.
Teleia hyoscyamella Rebel, 1912: 89 (preocc. Lita hyoscyamella Stainton).
Lita mignatella Caradja, 1920: 100 (Chrétien). Nomen nudum.
Phthorimaea intestina Meyrick, 1921: 74. TL: Gauteng, Pretoria. Synonymized by Povolný 1966: 131.
Gnorimoschema mirabile Povolný & Gregor, 1955: 85. TL: Palestine, Jericho. Synonymized by Povolný 1964: 357. Gnorimoschema pervada Clarke, 1962: 101. TL: Japan, Kyoshu, Usuki, Oita. Synonymized by Povolný 1966: 131. Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916) — Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 191.
Material examined. 4♂, 5♀, LepsocAfrica CRG, M1347, Gelechiidae, Gelechioidea, reared on Solanum rigescens, Solanaceae, York farm, Hoedspruit, South Africa, Limpopo, 24˚15’53.4’’S, 30˚53’28.5’’E, 4.ix.2016 eclosed (A. & I. Sharp); 1♂, AM 130, South Africa, Gauteng, Krokodilspruit, 25°35’12,5” S, 28°25’42,9” E, 25.xii.2017 em., Solanum panduriforme? (A. & I. Sharp) (all HSS).
Biology. Larvae were observed feeding on Solanum rigescens (Solanaceae) in late August and on S. panduriforme (?) in December. Adults emerged 4.ix and 25.xii (Staude et al. 2020: 58). Previously known as a pest on Solanaceae: Hyoscyamus albus, Solanum nigrum, S. melongena (Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 192).
Distribution. Southern parts of Palaearctic Region east to Japan, Africa, South-East Asia (Huemer & Karsholt 2010: 192).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Gelechiidae
- Genus
- Scrobipalpa
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Meyrick
- Species
- ergasima
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916) sec. Bidzilya, 2021
References
- Meyrick, E. (1916) Exotic Microlepidoptera, 1 (16 - 20), 481 - 640.
- Meyrick, E. (1921) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 8 (2), 4 - 148.
- Povolny, D. (1966) A type revision of some old-world species of the tribe Gnorimoschemini with a special regards to pests (Lepidoptera). Acta entomologica bohemoslovaka, 63, 128 - 148.
- Povolny, D. (1964) Gnorimoschemini trib. nov. - eine neue Tribus der Familie Gelechiidae nebst Bemerkungen zu ihrer Taxonomie (Lepidoptera). Acta Societatia entomologicae Cechosloveniae, 61, 330 - 359.
- Huemer, P. & Karsholt, O. (2010) Gelechiidae II (Gelechiinae: Gnorimoschemini). In: Huemer, P., Karsholt, O. & Nuss, M. (Eds.), Microlepidopera of Europe. Vol. 6. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 1 - 586. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004260986
- Staude, H. S., Maclean, M., Mecenero, S., Pretorius, R. J., Oberprieler, R. G., Van Noort, S., Sharp, A., Sharp, I., Balona, J., Bradley, S., Brink, M., Morton, A. S., Botha, M. J., Collins, S. C., Grobler, Q., Edge, D. A., Williams, M. C. & Sihvonen, P. (2020) An overview of Lepidoptera-host-parasitoid associations for southern Africa, including an illustrated report on 2 370 African Lepidoptera-host and 119 parasitoid-Lepidoptera associations. Metamorphosis, 31 (3), 1 - 380.