Phthorimaea
Genus of moths
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Phthorimaea is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Species include the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella.[1]
| Phthorimaea | |
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| Phthorimaea operculella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
| Tribe: | Gnorimoschemini |
| Genus: | Phthorimaea Meyrick, 1902 |
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.[2]
- Phthorimaea tobisella Palm, 1947 [nomen nudum][3]