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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gelechiini » Filatima » Filatima nigripectus - Hodges#2155 (Filatima nigripectus)

Species Filatima nigripectus - Hodges#2155

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Subfamily Gelechiinae

Tribe Gelechiini

Genus Filatima

Species nigripectus (Filatima nigripectus - Hodges#2155)

Hodges Number

2155

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Filatima nigripectus (Walsingham, 1911)

Gelechia nigripectus Walsingham, 1911 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #421106

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "black-breasted" for the sooty black ventral abdomen. Walsingham simultaneously described Gelechia albipectus from Mexico stating "all the femora, and underside of thorax and abdomen (except the anal segments), ivory-white, in strong contrast to those of nigripectus which are sooty black." (1)

Numbers

Filatima has more than 57 species in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)

Size

Wingspan 15 mm. (1)

Range

Arizona. (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection locations and dates.

Season

Adults are most common in January; June. (2)

Food

Larval host is unknown.

Print References

Walsingham, T. de Grey. 1911. Tineina, Pterophorina,Orneodina, Pyralidina and Hepialina (part). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera 4: 63. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Thomas de Grey Walsingham (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	Tineina, Pterophorina, Orneodina, Pyralidina and Hepialina (part). Lord Walsingham. 1915. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera 4: 1-482.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 January, 2013 - 12:37pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 November, 2017 - 1:11pm

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