Ptocheuusa albiramis

(Ptocheuusa albiramis)

Description

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

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Ptocheuusa
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