Ptychovalva obruta

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;

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

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-fourth, as well as some small terminal groups of blackish irroration. The hindwings are whitish.[4]

References

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.
Ptychovalva at funet
Afro Moths
Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 278

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[nhm-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] Ptychovalva at funet

[3] Afro Moths

[4] Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 278