Ptocheuusa asterisci

Ptocheuusa asterisci is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1903. It is found in Spain.^[1][2]

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are whitish cinereous, longitudinally shaded with brownish fuscous, intermixed with pale chestnut-brown and with a broadish shade which extends from the base along the costa nearly to the apex, a shorter shade along the disc, and a third, still shorter, beneath it, extending somewhat beyond the middle of the fold, these are all more or less mixed with chestnut-brown, the dorsum is sprinkled with brownish fuscous, and a chestnut-brown patch runs parallel with the termen to the apex. The hindwings are greyish.

The larvae feed in the dry seed heads of Asteriscus mauretanica.^[3]

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