Filatima vaccinii

Filatima vaccinii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species:
F. vaccinii
Binomial name
Filatima vaccinii
Clarke, 1947

Filatima vaccinii is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and New Jersey.[1][2]

The wingspan is 16โ€“18 mm. The forewings are grey, each scale tipped with fuscous and with four small fuscous spots on the fold and in the cell. There is an ill-defined narrow, outwardly convex transverse fascia at the apical fourth, from the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are fuscous with a brassy hue, darker apically than basally.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium vacillans.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Filatima". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  2. ^ "Moth Photographers Group โ€“ Filatima vaccinii โ€“ 2179". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  3. ^ Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington D. C.) (1911). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Vol. 37. Smithsonian Libraries. Washington [etc : Washington Academy of Sciences]. p. 270. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.