Phthorimaea exacta

Phthorimaea exacta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Phthorimaea
Species:	P. exacta
Binomial name
	Phthorimaea exacta; Meyrick, 1917

Phthorimaea exacta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Guyana.[1]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are whitish irrorated (sprinkled) with grey and dark fuscous with a small blackish spot beneath the costa near the base, as well as a suffused dark fuscous bar from the dorsum at one-third to above the middle. There are blackish spots on the costa at one-third and before three-fourths, the stigmata are cloudy and black, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal elongate. There are also blotches of darker suffusion on the tornus and at the apex. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Phthorimaea exacta Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1917 (1): 46. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Phthorimaea exacta Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1917 (1): 46. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.