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Ptocheuusa albiramis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ptocheuusa

Ptocheuusa albiramis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Egypt.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are light yellow-ochreous with irregular white streaks along all margins of the cell and veins 7-11, partially sprinkled with dark fuscous scales on the edges, and with a slender similar streak along the dorsum and termen throughout. There is an undefined streak of white suffusion along vein 1b. The hindwings are grey-whitish.

References

Ptocheuusa albiramis Wikipedia