Filatima is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.
Biology In November 2005, an infestation of Filatima caterpillars was found to be stunting the revegetation activity of land destroyed by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington."Caterpillars keep volcano bare." New Scientist 188.2525 (12 Nov 2005): 23.
Species Filatima abactella (Clarke, 1932) Filatima adamsi Hodges & Adamski, 1997 Filatima albicostella Clarke, 1942 Filatima albilorella (Zeller, 1873) Filatima albipectus (Walsingham, 1911) Filatima angustipennis Sattler, 1961 Filatima arizonella (Busck, 1903) Filatima asiatica Sattler, 1961 Filatima aulaea (Clarke, 1932) Filatima autocrossa (Meyrick, 1937) Filatima betulae Clarke, 1947 Filatima biforella (Busck, 1909) Filatima bigella (Busck, 1913) Filatima biminimaculella (Chambers, 1880) Filatima catacrossa (Meyrick, 1927) Filatima collinearis (Meyrick, 1927) Filatima confusatella (Darlington, 1949) Filatima cushmani Clarke, 1942 Filatima demissae (Keifer, 1931) Filatima depuratella (Busck, 1910) Filatima djakovica Anikin & Piskunov, 1996 Filatima epulatrix Hodges, 1969 Filatima fontisella Lvovsky & Piskunov, 1989 Filatima frugalis (Braun, 1925) Filatima fuliginea (Meyrick, 1929) Filatima glycyrhizaeella (Chambers, 1877) Filatima golovina Clarke, 1947 Filatima gomphopis (Meyrick, 1927) Filatima hemicrossa (Meyrick, 1927) Filatima incomptella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1854) Filatima inquilinella (Busck, 1910) Filatima isocrossa (Meyrick, 1927) Filatima karsholti Ivinskis & Piskunov, 1989 Filatima kerzhneri Ivinskis & Piskunov, 1989 Filatima lapidescens (Meyrick, 1916) Filatima loowita Adamski, 2009 Filatima monotaeniella (Bottimer, 1926) Filatima natalis (Heinrich, 1920) Filatima neotrophella (Heinrich, 1921) Filatima nigripectus (Walsingham, 1911) Filatima normifera (Meyrick, 1927) Filatima nucifer (Walsingham, 1911) Filatima obidenna Clarke, 1947 Filatima obscuroocelella (Chambers, 1875) Filatima obscurosuffusella (Chambers, 1878) Filatima occidua Hodges & Adamski, 1997 Filatima ochreosuffusella (Chambers, 1874) Filatima ornatifimbriella (Clemens, 1864) Filatima pagicola (Meyrick, 1936) Filatima pallipalpella (Snellen, 1884) Filatima perpensa Clarke, 1947 Filatima persicaeella (Murtfeldt, 1899) Filatima platyochra Clarke, 1947 Filatima pravinominella (Chambers, 1878) Filatima procedes Clarke, 1947 Filatima prognosticata (Braun, 1925) Filatima pseudacaciella (Chambers, 1872) Filatima revisensis Harrison & Berenbaum, 2013 Filatima rhypodes (Walsingham, 1911) Filatima roceliella Clarke, 1942 Filatima saliciphaga (Keifer, 1937) Filatima sciocrypta (Meyrick, 1936) Filatima serotinella (Busck, 1903) Filatima shastaella (Gaede, 1937) Filatima sperryi Clarke, 1947 Filatima spinigera Clarke, 1947 Filatima spurcella (Duponchel, 1843) Filatima striatella (Busck, 1903) Filatima tephrinopa (Meyrick, 1929) Filatima tephritidella (Duponchel, 1844) Filatima textorella (Chretien, 1908) Filatima transsilvanella Z. Kovacs & S. Kovács, 2002 Filatima tridentata Clarke, 1947 Filatima ukrainica Piskunov, 1971 Filatima vaccinii Clarke, 1947 Filatima vaniae Clarke, 1947 Filatima xanthuris (Meyrick, 1927) Filatima zagulajevi Anikin & Piskunov, 1996
References
, 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. , 2001: A new species of Filatima Busck, 1939 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Transylvania, Romania. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 47 (4): 363–370.