Filatima

Filatima
Filatima obidenna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Tribe:	Gelechiini
Genus:	Filatima Busck, 1939[1]

Filatima is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.

Filatima serotinella

Biology[]

In November 2005, an infestation of Filatima caterpillars was found to be stunting the revegetation activity of land destroyed by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington.^[2]

Species[]

• Filatima abactella (Clarke, 1932)
• Filatima adamsi Hodges & Adamski, 1997
• Filatima albicostella Clarke, 1942
• Filatima albilorella (Zeller, 1873)
• Filatima albipectus (Walsingham, 1911)
• Filatima angustipennis Sattler, 1961
• Filatima arizonella (Busck, 1903)
• Filatima asiatica Sattler, 1961
• Filatima aulaea (Clarke, 1932)
• Filatima autocrossa (Meyrick, 1937)
• Filatima betulae Clarke, 1947
• Filatima biforella (Busck, 1909)
• Filatima bigella (Busck, 1913)
• Filatima biminimaculella (Chambers, 1880)
• Filatima catacrossa (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima collinearis (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima confusatella (Darlington, 1949)
• Filatima cushmani Clarke, 1942
• Filatima demissae (Keifer, 1931)
• Filatima depuratella (Busck, 1910)
• Filatima djakovica Anikin & Piskunov, 1996
• Filatima epulatrix Hodges, 1969
• Filatima fontisella Lvovsky & Piskunov, 1989
• Filatima frugalis (Braun, 1925)
• Filatima fuliginea (Meyrick, 1929)
• Filatima glycyrhizaeella (Chambers, 1877)
• Filatima golovina Clarke, 1947
• Filatima gomphopis (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima hemicrossa (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima incomptella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)
• Filatima inquilinella (Busck, 1910)
• Filatima isocrossa (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima karsholti Ivinskis & Piskunov, 1989
• Filatima kerzhneri Ivinskis & Piskunov, 1989
• Filatima lapidescens (Meyrick, 1916)
• Filatima loowita Adamski, 2009
• Filatima monotaeniella (Bottimer, 1926)
• Filatima natalis (Heinrich, 1920)
• Filatima neotrophella (Heinrich, 1921)
• Filatima nigripectus (Walsingham, 1911)
• Filatima normifera (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima nucifer (Walsingham, 1911)
• Filatima obidenna Clarke, 1947
• Filatima obscuroocelella (Chambers, 1875)
• Filatima obscurosuffusella (Chambers, 1878)
• Filatima occidua Hodges & Adamski, 1997
• Filatima ochreosuffusella (Chambers, 1874)
• Filatima ornatifimbriella (Clemens, 1864)
• Filatima pagicola (Meyrick, 1936)
• Filatima pallipalpella (Snellen, 1884)
• Filatima perpensa Clarke, 1947
• Filatima persicaeella (Murtfeldt, 1899)
• Filatima platyochra Clarke, 1947
• Filatima pravinominella (Chambers, 1878)
• Filatima procedes Clarke, 1947
• Filatima prognosticata (Braun, 1925)
• Filatima pseudacaciella (Chambers, 1872)
• Filatima revisensis Harrison & Berenbaum, 2013
• Filatima rhypodes (Walsingham, 1911)
• Filatima roceliella Clarke, 1942
• Filatima saliciphaga (Keifer, 1937)
• Filatima sciocrypta (Meyrick, 1936)
• Filatima serotinella (Busck, 1903)
• Filatima shastaella (Gaede, 1937)
• Filatima sperryi Clarke, 1947
• Filatima spinigera Clarke, 1947
• Filatima spurcella (Duponchel, 1843)
• Filatima striatella (Busck, 1903)
• Filatima tephrinopa (Meyrick, 1929)
• Filatima tephritidella (Duponchel, 1844)
• Filatima textorella (Chretien, 1908)
• Filatima transsilvanella Z. Kovacs & S. Kovács, 2002
• Filatima tridentata Clarke, 1947
• Filatima ukrainica Piskunov, 1971
• Filatima vaccinii Clarke, 1947
• Filatima vaniae Clarke, 1947
• Filatima xanthuris (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima zagulajevi Anikin & Piskunov, 1996

References[]

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• Adamski, D. ; J.L. Apple & J.G. Bishop, 2009: A new Filatima Busck (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) associated with lupine and early herbivore colonization on mount St. Helens. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 111 (2): 293-304.
• Kovács, Z. and S. Kovács, 2001: A new species of Filatima Busck, 1939 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Transylvania, Romania. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 47 (4): 363–370.