Biology:Phthorimaea

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Short description: Genus of moths


Phthorimaea
Phthorimaea operculella dorsal.jpg
Phthorimaea operculella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Tribe: Gnorimoschemini
Genus: Phthorimaea
Meyrick, 1902

Phthorimaea is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Species include the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella.[1]

Species

  • Phthorimaea euchthonia Meyrick, 1939
  • Phthorimaea exacta Meyrick, 1917
  • Phthorimaea ferella (Berg, 1875)
  • Phthorimaea impudica Walsingham, 1911
  • Phthorimaea interjuncta Meyrick, 1931
  • Phthorimaea involuta Meyrick, 1917
  • Phthorimaea molitor (Walsingham, 1896)
  • Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)
  • Phthorimaea perfidiosa Meyrick, 1917
  • Phthorimaea pherometopa Povolný, 1967
  • Phthorimaea robusta Povolný, 1989
  • Phthorimaea sphenophora (Walsingham, 1897)
  • Phthorimaea suavella (Caradja, 1920)
  • Phthorimaea urosema Meyrick, 1917

Status unknown

  • Phthorimaea albicostella (Vorbrodt, 1928), described as Lita albicostella from Switzerland .[2]
  • Phthorimaea tobisella Palm, 1947 [nomen nudum][3]

References

  • Povolný, D., 1989: Gnorimoschemini of southern South America IV: the genera Symmetrischema and Phthorimaea (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Steenstrupia 15: 57–104.
  • Povolný, D., 1990: Gnorimoschemini of Peru and Bolivia (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Steenstrupia 16: 153–223.

Wikidata ☰ Q7188230 entry