Phthorimaea is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Species include the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella.
Species
- Phthorimaea euchthonia <small>Meyrick, 1939</small>
- Phthorimaea exacta <small>Meyrick, 1917</small>
- Phthorimaea ferella <small>(Berg, 1875)</small>
- Phthorimaea impudica <small>Walsingham, 1911</small>
- Phthorimaea interjuncta <small>Meyrick, 1931</small>
- Phthorimaea involuta <small>Meyrick, 1917</small>
- Phthorimaea molitor <small>(Walsingham, 1896)</small>
- Phthorimaea operculella <small>(Zeller, 1873)</small>
- Phthorimaea perfidiosa <small>Meyrick, 1917</small>
- Phthorimaea pherometopa <small>Povolný, 1967</small>
- Phthorimaea robusta <small>Povolný, 1989</small>
- Phthorimaea sphenophora <small>(Walsingham, 1897)</small>
- Phthorimaea suavella <small>(Caradja, 1920)</small>
- Phthorimaea urosema <small>Meyrick, 1917</small>
Status unknown
- Phthorimaea albicostella <small>(Vorbrodt, 1928)</small>, described as Lita albicostella from Switzerland.
- Phthorimaea tobisella <small>Palm, 1947</small> [nomen nudum]
References
- , 1989: Gnorimoschemini of southern South America IV: the genera Symmetrischema and Phthorimaea (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Steenstrupia 15: 57âÂÂ104.
- , 1990: Gnorimoschemini of Peru and Bolivia (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Steenstrupia 16: 153âÂÂ223.