Phthorimaea perfidiosa
| Phthorimaea perfidiosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Colombia and on the Galapagos Islands.[1]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish sprinkled with grey and dark fuscous, more strongly irrorated along the costa and with the plical stigma rather large and blackish. The hindwings are bluish-grey with a strong ochreous-yellowish expansible hairpencil from the base lying along the costa to beyond the middle.[2]
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