Filatima glycyrhizaeella explained

Filatima glycyrhizaeella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington, Arizona and Colorado.[1] [2]

The forewings are yellowish-ochreous, dusted densely with brown and somewhat with white along both margins, the dusted portion on the dorsal margin wider than that on the costal margin. The hindwings are pale leaden.[3]

The larvae feed on Glycyrrhiza lepidotae.

Notes and References

  1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/filatima/ Filatima at funet
  2. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2146 mothphotographersgroup
  3. https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofunited31877geol#page/124/mode/1up Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 3 : 124