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Filatima albilorella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Filatima

Filatima albilorella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Texas.

The length of the forewings is 6 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with three distinct oblique white fascia, one about the basal fourth, one about the middle, and one just before the cilia, the first and third being frequently obsolete or interrupted in the middle. Adults are on wing from March to September.

References

Filatima albilorella Wikipedia