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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 » Dusky-backed Filatima - Hodges#2169 (Filatima pseudacaciella)

Species Filatima pseudacaciella - Dusky-backed Filatima - Hodges#2169

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Dusky-backed Filatima - Filatima pseudacaciella Moth - P2223291 - Filatima pseudacaciella Pennsylvania Moth - Filatima pseudacaciella Gelechiidae, Black Locust leaves, perhaps Filatima pseudacaciella - Filatima pseudacaciella Filatima - Filatima pseudacaciella - Filatima pseudacaciella Weymouth woods leaf tier on Robinia nana D4441 2023 3 - Filatima pseudacaciella Weymouth woods leaf tier on Robinia nana D4441 adult 2023 3 - 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
Species pseudacaciella (Dusky-backed Filatima - Hodges#2169)
Hodges Number
2169
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Filatima pseudacaciella (Chambers, 1872) (1)
Gelechia pseudacaciella Chambers, 1872
Phylogenetic sequence # 067000
Identification
Food
Robinia Black Locust (Terry Harrison)
Life Cycle
Life Cycle Images:
larva on Black Locust; adult
Print References
Busck, A.,1939. Restriction of the genus Gelechia (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), with descriptions of new genera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 86: 575. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Restriction of the genus Gelechia (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), with descriptions of new genera
August Busck. 1939. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 86(3064): 563-593.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by tom murray on 8 December, 2008 - 7:34am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 April, 2023 - 10:25am

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