Phthoracma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
Genus: | Phthoracma Meyrick, 1921 |
Species: | P. blanda |
Binomial name | |
Phthoracma blanda Meyrick, 1921 | |
Phthoracma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. Its only species, Phthoracma blanda, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. [1] [2]
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 (sprinkles), 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]
Allotelphusa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae erected by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1958. Its only species, Allotelphusa lathridia, was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Gauteng, South Africa.
Haplovalva is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae erected by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1958. Its only species, Haplovalva ametris, was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.
Pithanurga is monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. Its only species, Pithanurga chariphila, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.
Syrmadaula is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. Its only species, Syrmadaula automorpha, is found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.
Blastobasis trachelista is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.
Compsoctena quassa is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Telphusa retecta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.
Leuronoma oenochyta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Scrobipalpa colasta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.
Scrobipalpa concreta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa and the former Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Scrobipalpa geomicta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.
Scrobipalpa nomias is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.
Scrobipalpa sibila is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique.
Stomopteryx eremopis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Namibia and South Africa.
Stomopteryx xerochroa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.
Pyncostola auturga is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape and Gauteng.
Dicranucha albicincta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.
Autosticha emmetra is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.
Oegoconia meledantis is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.
Frisilia compsostoma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's former Katanga Province and in Zimbabwe.