Scrobipalpa pulchra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Latvia, Russia (the southern Ural), Ukraine, the Near East and Middle East, Turkey, Central Asia, Mongolia and China[2] (Xinjiang).[3]
| Scrobipalpa pulchra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Scrobipalpa |
| Species: | S. pulchra
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| Binomial name | |
| Scrobipalpa pulchra Povolný, 1967[1]
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The larvae feed on Haloxylon persicum, Haloxylon ammodendron, Haloxylon subaphyllus, Climacoptera crassa and Gamanthus gamocarpus.
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
- ^ Bidzilya, O.; Li, H. 2010: The genus Scrobipalpa Janse (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in China, with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 2513: 1–26. Preview.