Filatima saliciphaga
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Filatima saliciphaga (Keifer, 1937)
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Filatima saliciphaga is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[1][2]
The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are tan to whitish tan, the scales tipped ochreous brown to fuscous, producing a light irroration. The wing has ill-defined markings and usually a black mark along the dorsal base. There are remnants of a dark streak through the center of wing. The plical stigma is not distinguishable and the first discal stigma has the form of a black dot at beyond one-third, the second discal at nearly two-thirds. There is sometimes an oblique dark area toward the tornus. The hindwings are white, lightly infuscated.
The larvae feed on Salix sessilifolia.[3]
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