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.

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

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

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.

Larva yellowish grey with three reddish brown length lines. Head and prothoracic shield light brown. Anal shield pale to dark brown; thoracic feet blackish ( ...

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Find out about the status of Scrobipalpa instabilella (Saltern Groundling) in Kent. Learn more on its distribution, phenology and ecology.

Local to locally common, occasionally abundant, on saltmarshes in England, Wales and eastern Ireland; very local in the Channel Islands; rare in Scotland ...