Scrobipalpa instabilella, the saltern groundling, is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John William Douglas in 1846.

A species of saltmarshes and other muddy habitats around the coasts of England, it is also known from North Wales, Ireland and rarely in Scotland.

Scrobipalpa instabilella of authors; (not Douglas, 1846) from California, previously reported as Scrobipalpa instabilella (Douglas, 1846) in Povolný (1998) ...

Fairly common along salt-marshes, sometimes in large numbers. Most saltmarsh inhabiting Scrobipalpa species S. salicorniae, S. obsoletella, S. instabilella, S.

Recent Status: A salt-marsh species in Suffolk. Life Style: A single brooded species flying from June to September. The larvae feed on Atriplex portulacoides.

Kingdom. Animalia · Phylum. Arthropoda · Class. Insecta · Order. Lepidoptera · Family. Gelechiidae · Genus. Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951.

Oct 19, 2019 · Larvae in blotch-like mines. Most frass is ejected through a small opening in the mine. Fresh mines are very difficult to find.

Nationally scarce (Nb) on saltmarshes, mud-flats and estuaries along parts of the coast of England and Wales, uncommonly in Scotland and Ireland.

Scrobipalpa instabilella · Lepidoptera: information (1) · Lepidoptera: pictures (4407) · Lepidoptera: specimens (104).

Larvae in blotchlike mines. Most frass is ejected through a small opening in the mine. Fresh mines are very difficult to find. The larvae can leave their mine ...