Biology:Filatima pseudacaciella
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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. pseudacaciella
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| Filatima pseudacaciella (Chambers, 1872)
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Filatima pseudacaciella, the dusky-backed filatima moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California , Illinois, Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts , Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Tennessee and West Virginia.[1][2]
The forewings are dark purplish-brown, streaked and flecked with white and ocherous especially. A streak extends from the base nearly to the apex, just within the costal margin of which the prevailing hue is ocherous, mixed with white. A white costal spot at the beginning of the costal cilia, and an opposite dorsal one, both small. The hindwings are pale ocherous-brown.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Robinia pseudacacia. They have been observed feeding within the mines of Macrosaccus robiniella, but also feed externally.[3] Young larvae are green with darker green longitudinal markings and a shining black head. Older larvae are pale brown with two dark brown longitudinal stripes and a row of dark brown spots.[4]
References
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- ↑ Filatima at funet
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Davis, DR; De Prins, J (2011). "Systematics and biology of the new genus Macrosaccus with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)". ZooKeys (98): 29–82. doi:10.3897/zookeys.98.925. PMID 21594070. PMC 3095132. https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3095132.
- ↑ Can. Ent. 4 (6): 107
Wikidata ☰ Q13635970 entry
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