Filatima glycyrhizaeella

Filatima glycyrhizaeella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species:
F. glycyrhizaeella
Binomial name
Filatima glycyrhizaeella
(Chambers, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia glycyrhizaeella Chambers, 1877
  • Gelechia lepidotae Clarke, 1934

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.

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  3. ^ Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 3 : 124Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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