Phthoracma

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Phthoracma
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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]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Phthoracma Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Phthoracma blanda Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 87 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .