Filatima Explained

Filatima is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.

Biology

In November 2005, an infestation of Filatima caterpillars was found to be stunting the revegetation activity of land destroyed by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington.^[1]

Species

• Filatima abactella (Clarke, 1932)
• Filatima adamsi Hodges & Adamski, 1997
• Filatima albicostella Clarke, 1942
• Filatima albilorella (Zeller, 1873)
• Filatima albipectus (Walsingham, 1911)
• Filatima angustipennis Sattler, 1961
• Filatima arizonella (Busck, 1903)
• Filatima asiatica Sattler, 1961
• Filatima aulaea (Clarke, 1932)
• Filatima autocrossa (Meyrick, 1937)
• Filatima betulae Clarke, 1947
• Filatima biforella (Busck, 1909)
• Filatima bigella (Busck, 1913)
• Filatima biminimaculella (Chambers, 1880)
• Filatima catacrossa (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima collinearis (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima confusatella (Darlington, 1949)
• Filatima cushmani Clarke, 1942
• Filatima demissae (Keifer, 1931)
• Filatima depuratella (Busck, 1910)
• Filatima djakovica Anikin & Piskunov, 1996
• Filatima epulatrix Hodges, 1969
• Filatima fontisella Lvovsky & Piskunov, 1989
• Filatima frugalis (Braun, 1925)
• Filatima fuliginea (Meyrick, 1929)
• Filatima glycyrhizaeella (Chambers, 1877)
• Filatima golovina Clarke, 1947
• Filatima gomphopis (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima hemicrossa (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima incomptella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854)
• Filatima inquilinella (Busck, 1910)
• Filatima isocrossa (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima karsholti Ivinskis & Piskunov, 1989
• Filatima kerzhneri Ivinskis & Piskunov, 1989
• Filatima lapidescens (Meyrick, 1916)
• Filatima loowita Adamski, 2009
• Filatima monotaeniella (Bottimer, 1926)
• Filatima natalis (Heinrich, 1920)
• Filatima neotrophella (Heinrich, 1921)
• Filatima nigripectus (Walsingham, 1911)
• Filatima normifera (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima nucifer (Walsingham, 1911)
• Filatima obidenna Clarke, 1947
• Filatima obscuroocelella (Chambers, 1875)
• Filatima obscurosuffusella (Chambers, 1878)
• Filatima occidua Hodges & Adamski, 1997
• Filatima ochreosuffusella (Chambers, 1874)
• Filatima ornatifimbriella (Clemens, 1864)
• Filatima pagicola (Meyrick, 1936)
• Filatima pallipalpella (Snellen, 1884)
• Filatima perpensa Clarke, 1947
• Filatima persicaeella (Murtfeldt, 1899)
• Filatima platyochra Clarke, 1947
• Filatima pravinominella (Chambers, 1878)
• Filatima procedes Clarke, 1947
• Filatima prognosticata (Braun, 1925)
• Filatima pseudacaciella (Chambers, 1872)
• Filatima revisensis Harrison & Berenbaum, 2013
• Filatima rhypodes (Walsingham, 1911)
• Filatima roceliella Clarke, 1942
• Filatima saliciphaga (Keifer, 1937)
• Filatima sciocrypta (Meyrick, 1936)
• Filatima serotinella (Busck, 1903)
• Filatima shastaella (Gaede, 1937)
• Filatima sperryi Clarke, 1947
• Filatima spinigera Clarke, 1947
• Filatima spurcella (Duponchel, 1843)
• Filatima striatella (Busck, 1903)
• Filatima tephrinopa (Meyrick, 1929)
• Filatima tephritidella (Duponchel, 1844)
• Filatima textorella (Chretien, 1908)
• Filatima transsilvanella Z. Kovacs & S. Kovács, 2002
• Filatima tridentata Clarke, 1947
• Filatima ukrainica Piskunov, 1971
• Filatima vaccinii Clarke, 1947
• Filatima vaniae Clarke, 1947
• Filatima xanthuris (Meyrick, 1927)
• Filatima zagulajevi Anikin & Piskunov, 1996

References

• , 2009: A new Filatima Busck (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) associated with lupine and early herbivore colonization on mount St. Helens. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 111 (2): 293-304.
• , 2001: A new species of Filatima Busck, 1939 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Transylvania, Romania. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 47 (4): 363–370.

Notes and References

1. "Caterpillars keep volcano bare." New Scientist 188.2525 (12 Nov 2005): 23.