Phthorimaea Explained

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.
• Phthorimaea tobisella Palm, 1947 [nomen nudum]

References

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

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/phthorimaea/ funet.fi