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Phthorimaea perfidiosa

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Phthorimaea perfidiosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Phthorimaea
Species:
P. perfidiosa
Binomial name
Phthorimaea perfidiosa
Meyrick, 1917

Phthorimaea perfidiosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Colombia and on the Galápagos Islands.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 millimetres (0.39 in). The forewings are grey whitish sprinkled with grey and dark fuscous, more strongly irrorated (sprinkled) along the costa and with the plical stigma rather large and blackish. The hindwings are bluish grey with a strong ochreous-yellowish expansible hair-pencil from the base lying along the costa to beyond the middle.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Phthorimaea perfidiosa Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1917 (1): 41. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.