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Species Filatima albicostella - Hodges#2128

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Filatima albicostella - Hodges #2128 - Filatima albicostella Filatima albicostella - Hodges #2128 - Filatima albicostella
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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 albicostella (Filatima albicostella - Hodges#2128)

Hodges Number

2128

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Filatima albicostella Clarke, 1942 (1)

Numbers

Filatima has more than 57 species in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan 18-19 mm. (1)

Identification

The original description is online. (1)
Determined by Sangmi Lee

Range

Scattered records in the western states from Texas, Kansas and Nevada to Yukon Territory. (2)
Holotype collected in Washington, Whitman, Pullman, 21-II-1935, J.F.G. Clarke. (3), (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most common from March, June to July. (2)

Food

Unknown.

See Also

Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Clarke, J.F.G. 1942. Notes and new species of Microlepidoptera from Washington state. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 92: 272, (1), (4). (read online or PDF)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.Notes and new species of Microlepidoptera from Washington state
J. F. Gates Clarke. 1942. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 92: 267-272.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
Brown, J.W, D. Adamski, R.W. Hodges & S.M. Bahr, II. 2004. Zootaxa 510: 160 pp.
4.Proceedings of the United States National Museum- Journal available for free at Internet Archive
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 March, 2013 - 1:19pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 6:44pm

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