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Filatima
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Filatima

Busck, 1939[1]

Filatima is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.

Biology

In November 2005, an infestation of Filatima caterpillars were found to be stunting the revegetation activity of land destroyed by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington.[2]

Selected species

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "Caterpillars keep volcano bare." New Scientist 188.2525 (12 Nov 2005): 23.
  • Adamski, D. ; J.L. Apple & J.G. Bishop, 2009: A new Filatima Busck (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) associated with lupine and early herbivore colonization on mount St. Helens. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 111 (2): 293-304.
  • Kovács, Z. and S. Kovács, 2001: A new species of Filatima Busck, 1939 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Transylvania, Romania. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 47 (4): 363–370.