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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 » Filatima striatella - Hodges#2176 (Filatima striatella)

Species Filatima striatella - Hodges#2176

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

Filatima striatella - Filatima striatella

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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 striatella (Filatima striatella - Hodges#2176)

Hodges Number

2176

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Filatima striatella (Busck, 1903)

Gelechia striatella Busck, 1903 (1)

Gelechia rivulata Meyrick, 1927 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #421129.00

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "streaked."

Size

Wingspan 16-17.5 mm. (1)

Range

Range poorly known but includes at least southern Arizona, west Texas (syn. Gelechia rivulata), and apparently Alberta, Canada.

Print References

Busck, A., 1903. A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidea with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the USNM 25: 868. (1)

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

Lee, S., R. W. Hodges, R. L. Brown 2009. Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39. (4)

Meyrick, E., 1923. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3: 348. (Gelechia rivulata)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Mississippi State Entomological Museum - photo of type specimen from Arizona

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.

2.	Exotic Microlepidoptera, volumes 1-5, 1912-1937. (1969 reprint) J. F. Gates Clarke, Edward Meyrick, T. B. Bainbrigge-Fletcher, J. T. Janse. 1969. E. W. Classey Ltd.

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.

4.	Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico Lee S., Hodges R.W., Brown R.L. 2009. Zootaxa 2231: 1–39.

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 7 February, 2013 - 9:13pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 28 January, 2019 - 2:10pm

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