Scrobipalpa aptatella (tobacco stem borer) is a moth of the family Gelechiidae.

It is found in China (Xinjiang),[1] Australia (where it has been recorded from Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia), New Zealand, Samoa, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Palestine and in Africa, where it has been recorded from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

The forewings are ochreous, slightly fuscous-tinged, with darker irregular spots throughout, obscure and sometimes hardly traceable, not forming definite markings.

They bore the stem of their host plant.

This article on a moth of the genus Scrobipalpa is a stub.