Biology:Filatima obscurosuffusella

Short description: Species of moth

Filatima obscurosuffusella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Filatima
Species:	F. obscurosuffusella
Binomial name
Filatima obscurosuffusella (Chambers, 1878)
Synonyms
Gelechia obscurosuffusella Chambers, 1878 Gelechia canopulvella Chambers, 1878 Gelechia monopa Meyrick, 1927 Gelechia epigypsa Meyrick, 1927

Filatima obscurosuffusella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas .

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish with scattered black specks. The first discal stigma is rather large, black, surrounded with clearer white suffusion, the plical and second discal usually only indicated by whiter suffusion, seldom by minute black dots, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is an angulated whiter subterminal shade sometimes visible. The hindwings are light grey.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13635959 entry