Filatima spurcella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from central and southern Europe to the southern Ural and Turkey.[2]

Filatima spurcella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species:
F. spurcella
Binomial name
Filatima spurcella
(Duponchel, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis spurcella Duponchel, 1843
  • Gelechia fuscantella Heinemann, 1870

The larvae feed on Crataegus and Amelanchier species, as well as Prunus spinosa.[3]

References edit

  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