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Phthorimaea

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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

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Status unknown

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

References

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  1. ^ funet.fi
  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.