Phthorimaea is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Species include the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella. Species Phthorimaea euchthonia Meyrick, 1939 Phthorimaea exacta Meyrick, 1917 Phthorimaea ferella (Berg, 1875) Phthorimaea impudica Walsingham, 1911 Phthorimaea interjuncta Meyrick, 1931 Phthorimaea involuta Meyrick, 1917 Phthorimaea molitor (Walsingham, 1896) Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873) Phthorimaea perfidiosa Meyrick, 1917 Phthorimaea pherometopa Povolný, 1967 Phthorimaea robusta Povolný, 1989 Phthorimaea sphenophora (Walsingham, 1897) Phthorimaea suavella (Caradja, 1920) Phthorimaea urosema Meyrick, 1917 Status unknown Phthorimaea albicostella (Vorbrodt, 1928), described as Lita albicostella from Switzerland. Phthorimaea tobisella Palm, 1947 [nomen nudum] References , 1989: Gnorimoschemini of southern South America IV: the genera Symmetrischema and Phthorimaea (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Steenstrupia 15: 57-104. , 1990: Gnorimoschemini of Peru and Bolivia (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae). Steenstrupia 16: 153-223. Gnorimoschemini