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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 revisensis - Hodges#2169.1 (Filatima revisensis)

Species Filatima revisensis - Hodges#2169.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References
Gelechiidae, woven Lead plant leaves - Filatima revisensis Gelechiidae, lateral - Filatima revisensis - female Gelechiidae, dorsal - Filatima revisensis - female Gelechiidae, pupal case in woven leaflets - Filatima revisensis Gelechiidae on Lead Plant - Filatima revisensis Gelechiidae, lateral - Filatima revisensis Gelechiidae, appressed leaves, opened to spent pupa - Filatima revisensis Gelechiidae, sign on Lead Plant - Filatima revisensis
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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 revisensis (Filatima revisensis - Hodges#2169.1)
Hodges Number
2169.1
Explanation of Names
Named after the type locality, Revis Hill Priaire in Mason County, Illinois
Range
Presently known from Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota
Habitat
Obligate prairie species
Food
Monophagous on leadplant, Amorpha cansecens (Fabaceae); larva ties leaflets together along a single leaf, feeds within the shelter thus constructed; feeding damage becomes visible as brown blotches on exterior of shelter
Life Cycle
Two generations per year; final-instar larva overwinters; pupates, emerges as adult, and mates in spring (central Illinois); first larval generation pupates, emerges as adult, and mates in early summer; second larval generation develops to final instar by midsummer, then overwinters

Life Cycle Images:
larva on leadplant; larva; spent pupal case; adult
Internet References
Described in Zootaxa 3734 (4): 469-476 (2013)
Contributed by Terry Harrison on 13 March, 2014 - 12:50pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, marcie oconnor
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 5:21pm

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