Filatima albicostella

Filatima albicostella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species: F. albicostella
Binomial name
Filatima albicostella
Clarke, 1942

Filatima albicostella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington, Kansas, Montana, Texas and Yukon.[1][2]

The wingspan is 18-19 mm. The forewings are yellowish white strongly suffused and irrorated with fuscous, except for the costal edge, and with a purplish luster. There are a few ill-defined, blackish-fuscous streaks in the cell, on the basal half of the wing. The hindwings are light purplish fuscous, darker towards the margins.[3]

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