Filatima occidua

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]

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

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 Lupinus ornatus.

Etymology

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