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Ptocheuusa albiramis

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Species of moth

Ptocheuusa albiramis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ptocheuusa
Species: P. albiramis
Binomial name
Ptocheuusa albiramis
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Apatetris albiramis Meyrick, 1923

Ptocheuusa albiramis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Egypt.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are light yellow ochreous with irregular white streaks along all margins of the cell and veins 7-11, partially sprinkled with dark fuscous scales on the edges, and with a slender similar streak along the dorsum and termen throughout. There is an undefined streak of white suffusion along vein 1b. The hindwings are grey whitish.

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Ptocheuusa albiramis (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 51. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Ptocheuusa albiramis


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