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Species Filatima ornatifimbriella - Hodges#2162

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 ornatifimbriella (Filatima ornatifimbriella - Hodges#2162)
Hodges Number
2162
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Filatima ornatifimbriella (Clemens, 1864)
Gelechia ornatifimbriella Clemens 1864
Food
Amorpha fruticosa L. (Fabaceae)
See Also
Filatima occidua
Filatima adamsi
Filatima xanthuris
Print References
Hodges, R.W. & Adamski, D. 1997. The identity of Filatima ornatifimbriella (Clemens 1864) (Gelechioidea: Gelechiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 51: 32–46; figs. 1, 11, 12, 16, 19, 22. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Works Cited
1.The identity of Filatima ornatifimbriella (Clemens 1864) (Gelechioidea: Gelechiidae).
Hodges, R.W., Adamski, D. . 1997. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 51: 32–46.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 April, 2014 - 6:11pm
Last updated 26 April, 2014 - 3:11pm

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