Filatima pallipalpella

Filatima pallipalpella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species:
F. pallipalpella
Binomial name
Filatima pallipalpella
(Snellen, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia pallipalpella Snellen, 1884[1]
  • Gelechia autocrossa Meyrick, 1937
  • Filatima autocrossa – Bidzylia, 2000

Filatima pallipalpella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae.[2][3][4] It is found in Russia (the Russian Far East[2][3][4] and the Volga region[3]), China (Shandong), and Kyrgyzstan.[3]

Description

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are dark brownish-grey with a rust-yellow ringed dot at the fold. Above this, at two-fifths an ill-defined double rust-yellow cross-line with a similar line on the vein. The hindwings are dark grey.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Snellen, P. C. T. (1884). "Nieuwe of weinig bekende Microlepidoptera van Noord-Azie". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie (in Dutch). 27: 151–196. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. 1 2 Hobern, D. & Sattler, K. (13 May 2026). "Filatima pallipalpella (Snellen, 1884)". Catalogue of World Gelechiidae 1.1.26.133. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bidzilya, Oleksiy & Huemer, Peter (2022). "New species and new records of the genus Filatima Busck, 1939 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Central Asia". ZooKeys. 1099: 87–110. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1099.82530. PMC 9848853. PMID 36761438.
  4. 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Filatima Busck, 1939". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 20 May 2026.