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Species Filatima revisensis - Hodges#2169.1

Gelechiidae, Lead plant weaver - Filatima revisensis

Gelechiidae, lateral - Filatima revisensis - female

Gelechiidae, dorsal - Filatima revisensis - female

Gelechiidae on Lead Plant - Filatima revisensis

Gelechiidae, spent pupal caseX in woven leaflets - Filatima revisensis

Gelechiidae, lateral - Filatima revisensis

Gelechiidae, sign on Lead Plant - Filatima revisensis

Gelechiidae, dorsal - 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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