Phthorimaea
Phthorimaea operculella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Status unknown

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

References

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  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phthorimaea albicostella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phthorimaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  • 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.


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