Ptychovalva obruta

Ptychovalva obruta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa[2] and Zimbabwe.[3]

Ptychovalva obruta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Ptychovalva
Species:
P. obruta
Binomial name
Ptychovalva obruta
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia obruta Meyrick, 1921
  • Gelechia galatea Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are ochreous white with a few dark grey specks posteriorly. The stigmata are moderate and blackish grey, with the discal nearly approximated and the plical very obliquely before the first discal. There is narrow fuscous suffusion along the costa from the middle to three-fourths, as well as some small terminal groups of blackish irroration. The hindwings are whitish.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ptychovalva obruta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Ptychovalva obruta (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Ptychovalva obruta (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  4. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 278.


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