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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Taxobox
{{Speciesbox
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| display_parents = 2
| phylum = [[Arthropoda]]
| parent_authority = [[Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher|T. B. Fletcher]], 1940
| classis = [[Insecta]]
| taxon = Cartericella phthoneropa
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| authority = ([[Edward Meyrick|Meyrick]], 1917)
| familia = [[Gelechiidae]]
| genus = '''''Cartericella'''''
| genus_authority = [[Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher|T. B. Fletcher]], 1940
| species = '''''C. phthoneropa'''''
| binomial = ''Cartericella phthoneropa''
| binomial_authority = ([[Edward Meyrick|Meyrick]], 1917)
| synonyms =
| synonyms =
*''Carterica'' <small>Meyrick, 1925</small> (preocc. <small>Thomson, 1860</small>)
*''Carterica'' <small>Meyrick, 1925</small> (preocc. <small>Thomson, 1860</small>)
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'''''Cartericella''''' is a [[monotypic]] [[moth]] genus in the family [[Gelechiidae]] described by [[Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher]] in 1940. It contains the species '''''Cartericella phthoneropa''''', described by [[Edward Meyrick]] in 1917, which is found in [[Shanghai]], China.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/cartericella/ |title=''Cartericella'' Fletcher, 1940 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=April 3, 2018}}</ref>
'''''Cartericella''''' is a [[monotypic]] [[moth]] genus in the family [[Gelechiidae]] described by [[Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher]] in 1940. It contains the species '''''Cartericella phthoneropa''''', described by [[Edward Meyrick]] in 1917, which is found in [[Shanghai]], China.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/cartericella/ |title=''Cartericella'' Fletcher, 1940 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=April 3, 2018}}</ref>


The [[wingspan]] is about 9&nbsp;mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, the base of the scales whitish. The stigmata are rather large and blackish, the plical and first discal elongate, the plical somewhat anterior and the second discal transverse. There is a small white spot on the costa at three-fourths, and less distinct one on the dorsum rather anterior. The hindwings are grey.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid02meyr#page/505/mode/1up ''Exotic Microlepidoptera'' 2 (16): 505]</ref>
The [[wingspan]] is about 9&nbsp;mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, the base of the scales whitish. The stigmata are rather large and blackish, the plical and first discal elongate, the plical somewhat anterior and the second discal transverse. There is a small white spot on the costa at three-fourths, and less distinct one on the dorsum rather anterior. The hindwings are grey.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid02meyr#page/505/mode/1up ''Exotic Microlepidoptera'' 2 (16): 505] {{PD-notice}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Gelechiinae]]
[[Category:Gelechiinae]]
[[Category:Gelechiidae genera]]
[[Category:Monotypic moth genera]]





Latest revision as of 03:35, 18 April 2023

Cartericella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Cartericella
T. B. Fletcher, 1940
Species:
C. phthoneropa
Binomial name
Cartericella phthoneropa
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Carterica Meyrick, 1925 (preocc. Thomson, 1860)
  • Homaloxestis phthoneropa Meyrick, 1922

Cartericella is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. It contains the species Cartericella phthoneropa, described by Edward Meyrick in 1917, which is found in Shanghai, China.[1]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, the base of the scales whitish. The stigmata are rather large and blackish, the plical and first discal elongate, the plical somewhat anterior and the second discal transverse. There is a small white spot on the costa at three-fourths, and less distinct one on the dorsum rather anterior. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Cartericella Fletcher, 1940". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (16): 505 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.