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Filatima

Filatima is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.

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Filatima
Filatima obidenna
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Tribe: Gelechiini
Genus: Filatima
Busck, 19391

Filatima is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.

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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

References

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "Caterpillars keep volcano bare." New Scientist 188.2525 (12 Nov 2005): 23.
  • 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.