Ptocheuusa albiramis

Ptocheuusa albiramis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Egypt.[1]

Ptocheuusa albiramis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Ptocheuusa
Species:
P. albiramis
Binomial name
Ptocheuusa albiramis
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Apatetris albiramis Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are light yellow ochreous with irregular white streaks along all margins of the cell and veins 7-11, partially sprinkled with dark fuscous scales on the edges, and with a slender similar streak along the dorsum and termen throughout. There is an undefined streak of white suffusion along vein 1b. The hindwings are grey whitish.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Ptocheuusa albiramis (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 51.


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