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Genus Filatima

Gelechiidae, woven Lead plant leaves - Filatima revisensis

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Weymouth woods leaf tier on Robinia nana D4441 adult 2023 1 - Filatima pseudacaciella

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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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