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Ptocheuusa albiramis

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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.[1]

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.[2]

References

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  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.