Scrobipalpa ergasima ( Meyrick, 1916 )

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, 2021, New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4952 (3), pp. 495-522 : 518

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4721218
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scientific name	Scrobipalpa ergasima ( Meyrick, 1916 )
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Treatment

Scrobipalpa ergasima ( Meyrick, 1916) View in CoL

Phthorimaea ergasima Meyrick, 1916: 568 View in CoL . TL: Bengal, Pusa.

Teleia hyoscyamella Rebel, 1912: 89 View in CoL (preocc. Lita hyoscyamella Stainton View in CoL ).

Lita mignatella Caradja, 1920: 100 (Chrétien) View in CoL . Nomen nudum.

Phthorimaea intestina Meyrick, 1921: 74 View in CoL . TL: Gauteng, Pretoria. Synonymized by Povolný 1966: 131.

Gnorimoschema mirabile Povolný & Gregor, 1955: 85 View in CoL . TL: Palestine, Jericho. Synonymized by Povolný 1964: 357. Gnorimoschema pervada Clarke, 1962: 101 View in CoL . TL: Japan, Kyoshu, Usuki, Oita. Synonymized by Povolný 1966: 131. Scrobipalpa ergasima ( Meyrick, 1916) View in CoL — 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).

References

Abbreviations

AM	Australian Museum
HSS	Research Centre of "La Orden-Valdesequera"

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Gelechiidae
Genus	Scrobipalpa