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Phthorimaea
''Phthorimaea'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Species include the potato tuber moth, ''Phthorimaea operculella''. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Operculella
''Phthorimaea operculella'', also known as the potato tuber moth or tobacco splitworm, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is an oligophagous insect that feeds on the plant family Solanaceae and is especially known for being a major pest of potato crops. Currently farmers utilize insecticides, parasites, and sprinkler irrigation in order to prevent ''P. operculella'' from infesting their croplands. The potato tuber moth also has a rare oviposition process where the ovipositor contains sensors that pick up on chemical signals given off by the host plant. Therefore, the adult female moth only needs to be within the vicinity of a host plant to lay her eggs. Description The potato tuber moth has a body length of about 10mm and a wingspan of about 12mm. Adult moths have a narrow, light brown body with grayish-brown wings containing a variety of small dark spots. The moth contains two sets of wings, both having frayed edges. Females are distinguished from males by having a bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Euchthonia
''Phthorimaea euchthonia'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1939. It is found in Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt .... References Phthorimaea Moths described in 1939 {{Gnorimoschemini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Exacta
''Phthorimaea exacta'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Guyana. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is 11–12 mm. The forewings are whitish irrorated (sprinkled) with grey and dark fuscous with a small blackish spot beneath the costa near the base, as well as a suffused dark fuscous bar from the dorsum at one-third to above the middle. There are blackish spots on the costa at one-third and before three-fourths, the stigmata are cloudy and black, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal elongate. There are also blotches of darker suffusion on the tornus and at the apex. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Ferella
''Phthorimaea ferella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Carlos Berg in 1875 and is found in Patagonia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is 10–12 mm. The forewings are dirty yellowish brown with dark irroration (speckling), which is somewhat lighter on the inner margin. The hindwings are yellowish. References Phthorimaea[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Suavella
''Phthorimaea suavella'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1920. It is found in Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger .... References Phthorimaea Moths described in 1920 {{Gnorimoschemini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Interjuncta
''Phthorimaea interjuncta'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population .... References Phthorimaea Moths described in 1931 {{Gnorimoschemini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Involuta
''Phthorimaea involuta'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Guyana. The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are grey whitish or whitish grey, irrorated (sprinkled) with black and with a narrow oblique blackish bar from the costa near the base and a broader one at one-third, both terminated by small yellow-ochreous spots on the fold edged beneath by black marks, the second spot representing the plical stigma. The discal stigmata are yellow ochreous, edged above and below by black spots, the first obliquely beyond the plical stigma, its margin separated by an ochreous mark from a small blackish spot on the costa above it, the margin of the second usually absorbed in a subquadrate blackish blotch on the costa above it, its lower margin sometimes forming a considerable spot. There is also a well-defined blackish apical blotch. The hindwings are dark grey, subhyaline A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Perfidiosa
''Phthorimaea perfidiosa'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Colombia and on the Galápagos Islands. The wingspan is about . The forewings are grey whitish sprinkled with grey and dark fuscous, more strongly irrorated (sprinkled) along the costa and with the plical stigma rather large and blackish. The hindwings are bluish grey with a strong ochreous-yellowish expansible hair-pencil Hair-pencils and coremata are pheromone signaling structures present in lepidopteran males. Males use hair-pencils in courtship behaviors with females. The pheromones they excrete serve as both aphrodisiacs and tranquilizers to females as well as ... from the base lying along the costa to beyond the middle. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Robusta
''Phthorimaea robusta'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Povolný in 1989. It is found in Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt .... References Phthorimaea Moths described in 1989 {{Gnorimoschemini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Urosema
''Phthorimaea urosema'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was originally described from a single adult male specimen from Peru. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is about 14 mm. The forewings are greyish-ochreous, somewhat sprinkled irregularly with dark grey. The costa is suffused with dark grey irroration and three or four cloudy blackish-grey dots towards the base on the dorsal half. An oblique, transverse patch of ochreous-whitish suffusion extends from the costa towards the base, followed on the costa by a small blackish spot, and in the disc by an elongate blotch of blackish suffusion. The stigmata are blackish, surrounded by irregular ochreous-whitish suffusion, with the plical obliquely before the first discal. A blotch of blackish suffus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phthorimaea Sphenophora
''Phthorimaea sphenophora'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1897. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Grenada. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is about . The forewings are olive-brown, inclining to ferruginous at the base, the lighter basal patch is bounded externally by an oblique cuneiform ochreous streak, tending outwards from the costa at one-fifth from the base and reaching to the fold. A small ochreous spot lies at the end of the discal cell, and a larger, rather paler, costal spot at the commencement of the costal cilia. Around the termen are four or five ill-defined pale ochreous spots before the commencement of the olive-brown cilia. The hindwings a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |