Filatima

Filatima is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.

Filatima

Filatima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Tribe: Gelechiini
Genus: Filatima
Busck, 1939[1]

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]

Species
gollark: It's basically solid (bordered) yellow.
gollark: There's no space near spawn, then.
gollark: There's not much of an endgame in CC stuff, anyway, so I'd probably end up mining.
gollark: Then I can buy two and a bit of them, or six maybe.
gollark: Especially since I find the earlygame (going in caves and mining) really boring.

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.


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