Filatima procedes

Filatima procedes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Indiana, Michigan and Texas.[1][2]

Filatima procedes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species:
F. procedes
Binomial name
Filatima procedes
Clarke, 1947

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The forewings are whitish buff, the scales tipped with cinnamon-buff and somewhat suffused with fuscous. There is an ill-defined cinnamon-buff spot in the fold, at the basal third. The discal spots are small and blackish fuscous. The hindwings are shining whitish basally, shading to fuscous apically.

The larvae feed on Salix exiqua.[3]

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