Filatima adamsi

Filatima adamsi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine.[1][2]

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

The length of the forewings is about 7 mm. The forewings are mainly dark grey brown, with individual scales paler at the base. There is an irregular dark grey-brown mark at three-fifths of the cell, a dark grey-brown blotch at the end of the cell, several dark grey-brown scales along the fold from near the base to three-fourths of the fold, as well as several pale-grey scales on the anterior and posterior margins at four-fifths.

Etymology

The species is named after Mrs. Sally B. Adams, who first collected the species.[3]

References
  1. Filatima at funet
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  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: .


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