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Phthorimaea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Phthorimaea

Higher classification
  
Gelechiidae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Phthorimaea operculella, Gelechiidae, Insect, Butterflies and moths, Tecia solanivora

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

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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.
  • Phthorimaea tobisella Palm, 1947 [nomen nudum]
  • References

    Phthorimaea Wikipedia