Filatima vaccinii
Species of moth
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Filatima vaccinii is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and New Jersey.[1][2]
| Filatima vaccinii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Filatima |
| Species: | F. vaccinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Filatima vaccinii Clarke, 1947 | |
The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are grey, each scale tipped with fuscous and with four small fuscous spots on the fold and in the cell. There is an ill-defined narrow, outwardly convex transverse fascia at the apical fourth, from the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are fuscous with a brassy hue, darker apically than basally.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium vacillans.[3]
