Biology:Filisignella
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
Genus: | Filisignella Janse, 1951 |
Species: | F. cirrhaea
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Binomial name | |
Filisignella cirrhaea (Meyrick, 1914)
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Filisignella is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae erected by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1951. Its only species, Filisignella cirrhaea, was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa .[1][2]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are white, tinged with yellowish posteriorly. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (April 17, 2015). "Filisignella Janse, 1951". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/apatetrinae/filisignella/. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Filisignella cirrhaea (Meyrick, 1914)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/FILICIRR. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (July 1914). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: V". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4 (4): 190. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/203183#page/266/mode/1up.
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