Filatima collinearis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas.[1][2]

Filatima collinearis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species:
F. collinearis
Binomial name
Filatima collinearis
(Meyrick, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia collinearis Meyrick, 1927

The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are light grey speckled dark fuscous, sometimes partially tinged whitish. There are several small indistinct dots of black irroration on the basal area and the second discal stigma is small, blackish, sometimes followed by a few whitish-ochreous scales, and tending to be connected by an imperfect row of blackish scales with a minute blackish dot representing the first discal. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Filatima at funet
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (11): 349  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.