Filatima autocrossa

Filatima autocrossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Filatima
Species:	F. autocrossa
Binomial name
Filatima autocrossa (Meyrick, 1937)[1]
Synonyms
Gelechia autocrossa Meyrick, 1937

Filatima autocrossa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in China, the southern Ural Mountains, the lower Volga region, the Altai Mountains, the Tuva region, the Chita region and the Krasnoyarsk region.^[2]

The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The forewings are dark brown with a black spot at the middle of the fold and two further spots at the cell, all surrounded by some ochreous brown scales. The hindwings are fuscous. Females are somewhat smaller than males.

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