''Filatima'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the family
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d ...
.
Biology
In November 2005, an infestation of ''Filatima''
caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larva, larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterfly, butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawfly ...
s was found to be stunting the
revegetation
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activity of land destroyed by the eruption of
Mount St. Helens
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in
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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.
["Caterpillars keep volcano bare." '']New Scientist
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'' 188.2525 (12 Nov 2005): 23.
Species
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Filatima abactella''
(Clarke, 1932)
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Filatima adamsi''
Hodges & Adamski, 1997
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Filatima albicostella
''Filatima albicostella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington, Kansas, Montana, Texas and Yukon.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane i ...
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Clarke, 1942
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Filatima albilorella''
(Zeller, 1873)
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Filatima albipectus
''Filatima albipectus'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico (Sonora) and the United States, where it has been recorded from California.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distanc ...
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(Walsingham, 1911)
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Filatima angustipennis
''Filatima angustipennis'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in southern France.
References
Moths described in 1961
Filatima
{{Filatima-stub ...
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Sattler, 1961
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Filatima arizonella
''Filatima arizonella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...
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(Busck, 1903)
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Filatima asiatica
''Filatima asiatica'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in New Guinea, where it has been recorded from the Prince Alexander Mountains
The Prince Alexander Mountains are a mountain range in Papua New Guinea. The range is loca ...
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Sattler, 1961
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Filatima aulaea
''Filatima aulaea'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arc ...
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(Clarke, 1932)
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Filatima autocrossa''
(Meyrick, 1937)
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Filatima betulae
''Filatima betulae'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Massachusetts.
The wingspan is 19–21 mm.
The larvae feed on ''Betula populifolia
''Betula populifolia'' (gra ...
''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima biforella
''Filatima biforella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ot ...
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(Busck, 1909)
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Filatima bigella
''Filatima bigella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the A ...
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(Busck, 1913)
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Filatima biminimaculella
''Filatima biminimaculella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw ...
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(Chambers, 1880)
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Filatima catacrossa
''Filatima catacrossa'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by th ...
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(Meyrick, 1927)
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Filatima collinearis
''Filatima collinearis'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by t ...
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(Meyrick, 1927)
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Filatima confusatella
''Filatima confusatella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by t ...
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(Darlington, 1949)
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Filatima cushmani
''Filatima cushmani'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the A ...
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Clarke, 1942
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Filatima demissae
''Filatima demissae'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the A ...
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(Keifer, 1931)
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Filatima depuratella
''Filatima depuratella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by t ...
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(Busck, 1910)
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Filatima djakovica
''Filatima djakovica'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in southern and central Russia, Ukraine and Romania.
The wingspan is about 17 mm.
References
Moths described in 1996
Filatima
{{Filatima-stub ...
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Anikin & Piskunov, 1996
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Filatima epulatrix
''Filatima epulatrix'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, New York, Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma ...
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Hodges, 1969
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Filatima fontisella''
Lvovsky & Piskunov, 1989
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Filatima frugalis''
(Braun, 1925)
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Filatima fuliginea''
(Meyrick, 1929)
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Filatima glycyrhizaeella''
(Chambers, 1877)
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Filatima golovina''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima gomphopis''
(Meyrick, 1927)
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Filatima hemicrossa''
(Meyrick, 1927)
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Filatima incomptella''
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)
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Filatima inquilinella''
(Busck, 1910)
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Filatima isocrossa''
(Meyrick, 1927)
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Filatima karsholti''
Ivinskis & Piskunov, 1989
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Filatima kerzhneri''
Ivinskis & Piskunov, 1989
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Filatima lapidescens''
(Meyrick, 1916)
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Filatima loowita''
Adamski, 2009
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Filatima monotaeniella''
(Bottimer, 1926)
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Filatima natalis''
(Heinrich, 1920)
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Filatima neotrophella''
(Heinrich, 1921)
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Filatima nigripectus''
(Walsingham, 1911)
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Filatima normifera''
(Meyrick, 1927)
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Filatima nucifer''
(Walsingham, 1911)
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Filatima obidenna''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima obscuroocelella''
(Chambers, 1875)
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Filatima obscurosuffusella''
(Chambers, 1878)
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Filatima occidua''
Hodges & Adamski, 1997
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Filatima ochreosuffusella''
(Chambers, 1874)
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Filatima ornatifimbriella''
(Clemens, 1864)
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Filatima pagicola''
(Meyrick, 1936)
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Filatima pallipalpella''
(Snellen, 1884)
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Filatima perpensa''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima persicaeella''
(Murtfeldt, 1899)
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Filatima platyochra''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima pravinominella''
(Chambers, 1878)
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Filatima procedes''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima prognosticata''
(Braun, 1925)
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Filatima pseudacaciella''
(Chambers, 1872)
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Filatima revisensis''
Harrison & Berenbaum, 2013
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Filatima rhypodes''
(Walsingham, 1911)
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Filatima roceliella''
Clarke, 1942
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Filatima saliciphaga''
(Keifer, 1937)
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Filatima sciocrypta''
(Meyrick, 1936)
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Filatima serotinella''
(Busck, 1903)
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Filatima shastaella''
(Gaede, 1937)
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Filatima sperryi''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima spinigera''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima spurcella''
(Duponchel, 1843)
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Filatima striatella''
(Busck, 1903)
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Filatima tephrinopa''
(Meyrick, 1929)
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Filatima tephritidella''
(Duponchel, 1844)
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Filatima textorella''
(Chretien, 1908)
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Filatima transsilvanella''
Z. Kovacs & S. Kovács, 2002
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Filatima tridentata''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima ukrainica''
Piskunov, 1971
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Filatima vaccinii''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima vaniae''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima xanthuris''
(Meyrick, 1927)
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Filatima zagulajevi''
Anikin & Piskunov, 1996
References
* , 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.
* , 2001: A new species of Filatima Busck, 1939 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Transylvania, Romania. ''Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae'' 47 (4): 363–370.
Gelechiini
Gelechiidae genera
Taxa named by August Busck
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