Filatima natalis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado and Oregon.[1][2]

Filatima natalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Filatima
Species:
F. natalis
Binomial name
Filatima natalis
(Heinrich, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia natalis Heinrich, 1920

The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The forewings are white scaled, with the tips of the scales bluish. The costa is lighter than the rest of the wing near the base and there is a faint streak of dark scaling on the basal fourth of the costa, as well as a similar spot on the outer third of the costa. Near the base of the cell, before the middle a faint dark streak, and two dark spots in the cell on its outer costal margin, there often fusing and forming a single short, indistinct, longitudinal streak. The hindwings are pale, somewhat smoky towards the apex and along the veins.

The larvae feed on Razoumofskya cryptopoda.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Filatima at funet
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ^ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 57 (2305) : 62  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.