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Filatima albicostella - Hodges#2128 (Filatima albicostella)
Species
Filatima albicostella
- Hodges#2128
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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
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Numbers
Filatima
has more than 57 species in America north of Mexico.
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2
)
Size
Wingspan 18-19 mm.
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1
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Identification
The original description is online.
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1
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Determined by
Sangmi Lee
Range
Scattered records in the western states from Texas, Kansas and Nevada to Yukon Territory.
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2
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Holotype collected in Washington, Whitman, Pullman, 21-II-1935, J.F.G. Clarke.
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3
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,
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1
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Moth Photographers Group
- large map with
some
distribution data.
Season
Adults are most common from March, June to July.
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2
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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
,
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1
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,
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4
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. (read online or PDF)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
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2
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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5
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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