Phthorimaea sphenophora

Phthorimaea sphenophora is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Grenada.^[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are olive-brown, inclining to ferruginous at the base, the lighter basal patch is bounded externally by an oblique cuneiform ochreous streak, tending outwards from the costa at one-fifth from the base and reaching to the fold. A small ochreous spot lies at the end of the discal cell, and a larger, rather paler, costal spot at the commencement of the costal cilia. Around the termen are four or five ill-defined pale ochreous spots before the commencement of the olive-brown cilia. The hindwings are blue-grey.^[2]

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