Filatima

Filatima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Tribe:Gelechiini
Genus:Filatima
Busck, 1939[1]

Filatima is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.

Filatima

Biology

In November 2005, an infestation of Filatima caterpillars were found to be stunting the revegetation activity of land destroyed by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington.[2]

Species

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "Caterpillars keep volcano bare." New Scientist 188.2525 (12 Nov 2005): 23.
  • Adamski, D. ; J.L. Apple & J.G. Bishop, 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.
  • Kovács, Z. and S. Kovács, 2001: A new species of Filatima Busck, 1939 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Transylvania, Romania. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 47 (4): 363–370.


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