''Phthorimaea'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...

. Species include the potato tuber moth, ''

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 o ...

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Species

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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 cove ...

'' Meyrick, 1939 * ''

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 opposit ...

'' Meyrick, 1917 * ''

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 opposi ...

'' (Berg, 1875) * ''

Phthorimaea impudica ''Phthorimaea impudica'' is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1911. It is found in Panama. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from ...

'' Walsingham, 1911 * ''

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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1931 * ''

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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1917 * '' Phthorimaea molitor'' (Walsingham, 1896) * ''

'' (Zeller, 1873) * ''

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 dar ...

'' Meyrick, 1917 * '' Phthorimaea pherometopa'' Povolný, 1967 * ''

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 ar ...

'' Povolný, 1989 * ''

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 ...

'' (Walsingham, 1897) * ''

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 ...

'' (Caradja, 1920) * ''

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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1917

Status unknown

* ''Phthorimaea albicostella'' (Vorbrodt, 1928), described as ''Lita albicostella'' from

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. * ''Phthorimaea tobisella'' Palm, 1947 omen nudumref>

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. Gnorimoschemini Gelechiidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Gnorimoschemini-stub