Filatima spurcella

Filatima spurcella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species:
F. spurcella
Binomial name
Filatima spurcella
(Duponchel, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis spurcella Duponchel, 1843
  • Gelechia fuscantella Heinemann, 1870

Filatima spurcella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from central and southern Europe to the southern Ural and Turkey.

The larvae feed on Crataegus and Amelanchier species, as well as Prunus spinosa.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. ↑ Filatima at funet