Filatima saliciphaga
Filatima saliciphaga is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[1][2]
| Filatima saliciphaga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Filatima |
| Species: | F. saliciphaga |
| Binomial name | |
| Filatima saliciphaga (Keifer, 1937) | |
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The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are tan to whitish tan, the scales tipped ochreous brown to fuscous, producing a light irroration. The wing has ill-defined markings and usually a black mark along the dorsal base. There are remnants of a dark streak through the center of wing. The plical stigma is not distinguishable and the first discal stigma has the form of a black dot at beyond one-third, the second discal at nearly two-thirds. There is sometimes an oblique dark area toward the tornus. The hindwings are white, lightly infuscated.
The larvae feed on Salix sessilifolia.[3]
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