Filatima lapidescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Filatima |
Species: | F. lapidescens |
Binomial name | |
Filatima lapidescens (Meyrick, 1916) | |
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Filatima lapidescens is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico (Sonora).
The wingspan is about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). The forewings are stone-grey, sparsely dusted with blackish atoms, especially along the margins and on the base of the pale stone-grey cilia, a very few ochreous scales lying along the middle of the fold. The veins beyond the cell are slightly indicated by darkened scaling. The hindwings are pale leaden grey, with a brownish tinge beyond the middle.
References
- Filatima at funet
- Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 69 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Filatima lapidescens |
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