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Dusky-backed Filatima

Filatima pseudacaciella (Chambers, 1872)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The dusky-backed filatima (Filatima pseudacaciella) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and United States.

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Quick facts about the dusky-backed filatima

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the dusky-backed filatima live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The dusky-backed filatima is listed for 2 countries.

CanadaUnited States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the dusky-backed filatima endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dusky-backed filatima classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusFilatima
  7. SpeciesFilatima pseudacaciella (Chambers, 1872)

Synonyms Depressaria pseudacaciella, Gelechia caecella, Gelechia pseudoacaciella

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Dusky-backed Filatima mothEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dusky-backed filatima

Other species in the same genus Filatima.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the dusky-backed filatima live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dusky-backed filatima for 2 countries: Canada and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the dusky-backed filatima?

The dusky-backed filatima (Filatima pseudacaciella) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dusky-backed Filatima (Filatima pseudacaciella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dusky-backed-filatima

MLA

“Dusky-backed Filatima (Filatima pseudacaciella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dusky-backed-filatima.

BibTeX
@misc{dusky_backed_filatima_2026,
  title = {Dusky-backed Filatima (Filatima pseudacaciella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dusky-backed-filatima},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}