Biology:Filatima occidua
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Short description: Species of moth
| Filatima occidua | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Filatima |
| Species: | F. occidua
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| Binomial name | |
| Filatima occidua Hodges & Adamski, 1997
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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]
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
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- ↑ Filatima at funet
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ 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: [1].
Wikidata ☰ Q21269726 entry
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