Filatima natalis
| Filatima natalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Filatima |
| Species: | F. natalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Filatima natalis (Heinrich, 1920) | |
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Filatima natalis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado and Oregon.[1][2]
The wingspan is 17-20 mm. The forewings are white scaled, with the tips of the scales bluish. The costa is lighter than the rest of the wing near the base and there is a faint streak of dark scaling on the basal fourth of the costa, as well as a similar spot on the outer third of the costa. Near the base of the cell, before the middle a faint dark streak, and two dark spots in the cell on its outer costal margin, there often fusing and forming a single short, indistinct, longitudinal streak. The hindwings are pale, somewhat smoky towards the apex and along the veins.
The larvae feed on Razoumofskya cryptopoda.[3]
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