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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

Genus Filatima

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
Filatima striatella - Filatima striatella St. Andrews frass tube feeder on Prunus caroliniana SA1425A adult 2018 4 - Filatima serotinella moth - Filatima Filatima sp. - Filatima Gelechiidae - Filatima pseudacaciella Arizona Moth - Filatima albilorella Arizona Moth - Filatima obidenna Filatima nigripectus
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Filatima Busck, 1939 (1)
Numbers
There are more than 57 species of Filatima in America north of Mexico. (2)
Identification
Works Cited
1.Notes on, and new species of, American moths of the genus Filatima Busck (Gelechiidae: Lepidoptera).
J.F. Gates Clarke. 1947. Journal of the Washington Academy Sciences 37(8): 263-275.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 9 July, 2008 - 3:01pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 November, 2019 - 7:36am

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