Filatima vaccinii

Filatima vaccinii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Filatima
Species:	F. vaccinii
Binomial name
	Filatima vaccinii; Clarke, 1947

Last updated July 14, 2024

Filatima vaccinii is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and New Jersey.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are grey, each scale tipped with fuscous and with four small fuscous spots on the fold and in the cell. There is an ill-defined narrow, outwardly convex transverse fascia at the apical fourth, from the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are fuscous with a brassy hue, darker apically than basally.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium vacillans .^[3]

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References

↑ "Filatima". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
↑ "Moth Photographers Group – Filatima vaccinii – 2179". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
↑ Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington D. C.) (1911). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Vol. 37. Smithsonian Libraries. Washington [etc : Washington Academy of Sciences]. p. 270. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] "Filatima". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

[2] "Moth Photographers Group – Filatima vaccinii – 2179". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.

[3] Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington D. C.) (1911). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Vol. 37. Smithsonian Libraries. Washington [etc : Washington Academy of Sciences]. p. 270. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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