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Ptycerata
Ptycerata is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains only one species Ptycerata busckella, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are creamy white, with three small, somewhat elongate brown spots, one on the middle of the wing, another on the fold below the first and nearer the base of the wing, the third at the end of the cell. The hindwings are smoky yellow.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ptycerata busckella
speciesPtycerata busckella
Ptycerata petrella
speciesPtycerata petrella
Ptycerata pudicellus
speciesPtycerata pudicellus
Ptycerata interstratella
speciesPtycerata interstratella
Ptycerata cryptoxena
speciesPtycerata cryptoxena
Ptycerata gypsella
speciesPtycerata gypsella
Ptycerata sumpichi
speciesPtycerata sumpichi
Ptycerata furfurella
speciesPtycerata furfurella
Ptycerata perexigella
speciesPtycerata perexigella
Ptycerata nupponeni
speciesPtycerata nupponeni
Ptycerata transbaikalica
speciesPtycerata transbaikalica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 211808.