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Ptocheuusa asterisci is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by 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]
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Ptocheuusa asterisci is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1903. It is found in Spain.
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.
Ptocheuusa asterisci is een vlinder uit de familie tastermotten (Gelechiidae). De wetenschappelijke naam is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1903 door Walsingham.
De soort komt voor in Europa.
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