Filatima incomptella

Filatima incomptella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Scandinavia, the Baltic region, Germany, Poland, European Russia and Siberia (Transbaikal).[2]

Filatima incomptella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species:
F. incomptella
Binomial name
Filatima incomptella
Synonyms
  • Gelechia incomptella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Gelechia turbidella Nolcken, 1871

The wingspan is 14–16 mm.

The larvae feed on Salix caprea and Salix repens.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview


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