Ptocheuusa asterisci

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Ptocheuusa asterisci
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ptocheuusa
Species:
P. asterisci
Binomial name
Ptocheuusa asterisci
(Walsingham, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Apodia asterisciWalsingham, 1903

Ptocheuusa asterisci is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron 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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References

  1. ↑ funet.fi
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Ent. mon. Mag. 39 : 263 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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