| Phthorimaea | |
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| Phthorimaea operculella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
| Tribe: | Gnorimoschemini |
| Genus: | Phthorimaea Meyrick, 1902 |
Phthorimaea is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Species include the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella.
Species
- Phthorimaea euchthonia Meyrick, 1939
- Phthorimaea exacta Meyrick, 1917
- Phthorimaea ferella (Berg, 1875)
- Phthorimaea impudica Walsingham, 1911
- Phthorimaea interjuncta Meyrick, 1931
- Phthorimaea involuta Meyrick, 1917
- Phthorimaea molitor (Walsingham, 1896)
- Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)
- Phthorimaea perfidiosa Meyrick, 1917
- Phthorimaea pherometopa Povolný, 1967
- Phthorimaea robusta Povolný, 1989
- Phthorimaea sphenophora (Walsingham, 1897)
- Phthorimaea suavella (Caradja, 1920)
- Phthorimaea urosema Meyrick, 1917
Status unknown
- Phthorimaea albicostella (Vorbrodt, 1928), described as Lita albicostella from Switzerland.
- Phthorimaea tobisella Palm, 1947
References
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- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phthorimaea albicostella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Phthorimaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- Povolný, D., 1989: Gnorimoschemini of southern South America IV: the genera Symmetrischema and Phthorimaea (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Steenstrupia 15: 57–104.
- Povolný, D., 1990: Gnorimoschemini of Peru and Bolivia (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Steenstrupia 16: 153–223.
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