Filatima hemicrossa
| Filatima hemicrossa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Filatima |
| Species: | F. hemicrossa |
| Binomial name | |
| Filatima hemicrossa (Meyrick, 1927) | |
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Filatima hemicrossa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas, Montana and Florida.[1][2]
The wingspan is 20-21 mm. The forewings are pale grey sprinkled dark grey, partially tinged whitish between the veins, the veins marked with distinct lines of blackish irroration, and the lower two-thirds of the cell forming an irregular-edged but well-defined area darker than the rest of the wing. There is an oblique mark of blackish irroration beneath the costa at one-fourth. The hindwings are pale grey.[3] Adults are on wing from April to May.[4]
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