Phthoracma

Phthoracma is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Phthoracma blanda, which is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Phthoracma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Phthoracma

Meyrick, 1921
Species:
P. blanda
Binomial name
Phthoracma blanda
Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are fuscous suffused with whitish and sprinkled irregularly with dark fuscous. The stigmata are represented by undefined groups of dark fuscous irroration, the plical very obliquely before the first discal, the first discal about the middle of the wing, the second discal at two-thirds, forming a roundish cloudy spot. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 87 Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine


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