Filatima occidua

Filatima occidua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Filatima
Species:	F. occidua
Binomial name
	Filatima occidua; Hodges & Adamski, 1997

Filatima occidua is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington and California.^[1]^[2]

The length of the forewings is 5.5-6.2 mm. The forewings are dark grey, yellowish-brown tipped scales on the basal one-fifth, dark-grey tipped scales from one-fifth to four-fifths and dark-brown tipped scales at the apex, a brown spot at three-fifths of the cell and a dark-brown blotch at the end of the cell.

The larvae on Lupinus sericeus var. sericeus and .

Etymology[]

The species name refers to its distribution and is derived from Latin occiduus (meaning setting [of the sun]).^[3]

References[]

^ Filatima at funet
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ Hodges, R.W. & Adamski, D., 1997: The identity of Flatima ornatifimbriella (Clemens 1864) (Gelechioidea: Gelechiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 51 (1): 32-46. Full article: [1].

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[1] Filatima at funet

[2] thphotographersgroup

[3] Hodges, R.W. & Adamski, D., 1997: The identity of Flatima ornatifimbriella (Clemens 1864) (Gelechioidea: Gelechiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 51 (1): 32-46. Full article: [1].

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