Filatima adamsi

Filatima adamsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Filatima
Species:	F. adamsi
Binomial name
Filatima adamsi Hodges & Adamski, 1997

Filatima adamsi is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine.^[1][2]

The length of the forewings is about 7 mm. The forewings are mainly dark grey brown, with individual scales paler at the base. There is an irregular dark grey-brown mark at three-fifths of the cell, a dark grey-brown blotch at the end of the cell, several dark grey-brown scales along the fold from near the base to three-fourths of the fold, as well as several pale-grey scales on the anterior and posterior margins at four-fifths.

Etymology

The species is named after Mrs. Sally B. Adams, who first collected the species.^[3]

References

1. Filatima at funet
2. mothphotographersgroup
3. Hodges, R.W. & Adamski, D., 1997: The identity of Flatima ornatifimbriella (Clemens 1864) (Gelechioidea: Gelechiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 51 (1): 32-46. Full article: .