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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
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Gelechiidae, larva on Purple Prairie Clover - Filatima
Copyright © 2018 MJ Hatfield

Gelechiidae, larva on Purple Prairie Clover - Filatima
Perrot State Park, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, USA
July 31, 2017
July 31, 2016: collected larva on Purple Prairie Clover, Dalea purpurea, in a hill prairie remnant as part of the WES (Wisconsin Entomological Society meeting)
The other larva reared to adult
August 4, 2016: a Trichogrammatidae in the container

May 6, 2017: pupa found
May 18, 2017: moth emerged, sent to T. Harrison
This is the 3rd try in 4 years to rear similar looking larvae on Purple or White Prairie Clover.

T. Harrison writes: "Your moth from Dalea purpurea represents an undescribed species of Filatima. The two examples (one of each gender) that you reared are the only specimens that I have seen of this moth."

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 3 January, 2018 - 9:30pm
Last updated 5 June, 2023 - 7:37am

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