Species Filatima biminimaculella - Hodges#2136

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 biminimaculella (Filatima biminimaculella - Hodges#2136)

Hodges Number

2136

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Filatima biminimaculella (Chambers, 1880)

Gelechia biminimaculella Chambers, 1880

Fascista biminimaculella (1)

* phylogenetic sequence #066150

Explanation of Names

"Biminimaculella" is probably from Latin bis- "double,twice" + minium- "a red mineral" + macula- "spot" + the ending -ella, which adds the meaning of "little". The species description mentions "a small ochreous spot on each side of the apex of the thorax"

Identification

A brown moth similar to Filatima pseudoacaciella (Chambers, 1872) with "small ochreous spot on each side of the apex of the thorax" as noted above.

Range

MPG records range from Maryland south to Florida, west to central Texas, north to Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee. (2)

See Also

Filatima pseudoacaciella (Chambers, 1872) lacks ochreous spot on each side of the apex of the thorax.

Print References

Busck, August 1939. Restriction of the genus Gelechia (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), with descriptions of new genera. Proc. USNM 86: 575 (3)

Chambers, V.T. 1880. Descriptions of some New Tineina, with notes on a few old species. Journal Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 2 (4): 183

Clarke, J.F. Gates 1947. Notes on, and new species of, American moths of the genus Filatima Busck (Gelechiidae: Lepidoptera). Journal of the Washington Academy Sciences 37(8): 275 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

BOLD Systems - DNA supported specimens

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

3.	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.

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 26 September, 2009 - 4:45pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 May, 2022 - 3:54am

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