''Filatima'' is a genus of
moths in the family
Gelechiidae.
Biology
In November 2005, an infestation of ''Filatima''
caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
s was found to be stunting the
revegetation activity of land destroyed by the eruption of
Mount St. Helens in
Washington.
["Caterpillars keep volcano bare." '' New Scientist'' 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''
Clarke, 1942
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Filatima albilorella''
(Zeller, 1873)
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Filatima albipectus''
(Walsingham, 1911)
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Filatima angustipennis''
Sattler, 1961
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Filatima arizonella''
(Busck, 1903)
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Filatima asiatica''
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''
Clarke, 1947
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Filatima biforella''
(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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