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Species Filatima depuratella - Hodges#2142

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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 depuratella (Filatima depuratella - Hodges#2142 )
Hodges Number
2142
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Filatima depuratella (Busck, 1910)
Gelechia depuratella Busck, 1910 (1)
Numbers
There are more than 56 Filatima species in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Size
Wingspan 17 mm. (1)
Identification
Original description is online as Gelechia depuratella Busck, in PDF. (1)
Range
Southern Arizona, New Mexico. (2)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults have been recorded in April to May, September to October. (2), (3)
Print References
Busck, A. 1909. New Microlepidoptera from New Mexico and California and a synoptic table of the North American species of Heliodines Stainton. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 11: 177, (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.New Microlepidoptera from New Mexico and California and a synoptic table of the North American species of Heliodines (Stainton)
August Busck. 1910. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 11: 175-188.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 September, 2009 - 9:48am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 9:02pm

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