Phthorimaea operculella ( Zeller, 1873 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C46C-FFFB-62F6-FE94FDA8994A |
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Plazi |
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Phthorimaea operculella ( Zeller, 1873 ) |
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Phthorimaea operculella ( Zeller, 1873) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Potato tuber moth. SYNONYM(S): Gelechia terrella Walker, 1864b View in CoL ; Gelechia piscipellis Zeller, 1873 View in CoL , Gelechia solanella Boisduval, 1874 , Gelechia tabacella Ragonot, 1879 View in CoL ; Gelechia sedata Butler, 1880 View in CoL . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Cabo Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Oman, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena View in CoL , Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Brassica oleracea View in CoL L.,( Brassicaceae View in CoL ), Eugenia sp.(Myrtaceae) , Coffea sp. (Rubiaceae) , Datura sp. , Capsicum sp. , Solanum tuberosum L. View in CoL Solanum americanum View in CoL L., Nicotiana tabacum L. (Solanaceae) View in CoL , Typha sp. (Typhaceae) , Vaccinium sp. (Ericaceae) . SOURCES: Cruickshank & Ahmed 1973; De Prins & De Prins 2022.
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Phthorimaea operculella ( Zeller, 1873 )
Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De 2023 |
Scrobipalpa
Janse 1951 |
Gelechia sedata
Butler 1880 |
Gelechia tabacella
Ragonot 1879 |
Gelechia solanella
Boisduval 1874 |
Gelechia piscipellis
Zeller 1873 |
Gelechia terrella
Walker 1864 |
Brassicaceae
G.T.Burnett 1835 |