Ptocheuusa asterisci
| Ptocheuusa asterisci | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Ptocheuusa |
| Species: | P. asterisci |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptocheuusa asterisci (Walsingham, 1903) | |
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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]
References
- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Ent. mon. Mag. 39 : 263
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