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{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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| display_parents = 2
| name = ''Filisignella''
| parent_authority = [[Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse|Janse]], 1951
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Filisignella cirrhaea
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| authority = ([[Edward Meyrick|Meyrick]], 1914)
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| synonyms = *''Epiphthora cirrhaea'' <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Gelechiidae]]
| genus = '''''Filisignella'''''
| genus_authority = Janse, 1951
| species = '''''F. cirrhaea'''''
| binomial = ''Filisignella cirrhaea''
| binomial_authority = (Meyrick, 1914)
| synonyms =
*''Epiphthora cirrhaea'' <small>Meyrick, 1914</small>
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'''''Filisignella''''' is a [[genus]] of [[moth]] in the family [[Gelechiidae]]. It contains the species '''''Filisignella cirrhaea''''', which is found in [[South Africa]].<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/apatetrinae/filisignella/ funet.fi]</ref><ref>[http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/FILICIRR Afro Moths]</ref>


'''''Filisignella''''' is a [[monotypic]] [[moth]] genus in the family [[Gelechiidae]] erected by [[Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse]] in 1951. Its only species, '''''Filisignella cirrhaea''''', was [[Species description|first described]] by [[Edward Meyrick]] in 1914. It is found in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web |editor-last=Savela |editor-first=Markku |date=April 17, 2015 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/apatetrinae/filisignella/ |title=''Filisignella'' Janse, 1951 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |name-list-style=amp |date=2019 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/FILICIRR |title=''Filisignella cirrhaea'' (Meyrick, 1914) |website=Afromoths |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
The [[wingspan]] is about 16&nbsp;mm. The forewings are white, tinged with yellowish posteriorly. The hindwings are light grey.<ref>[http://content.ajarchive.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/00411752&CISOPTR=847&REC=16 Ann. Transv. Mus. 4 (4) : 190] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518202432/http://content.ajarchive.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2F00411752&CISOPTR=847&REC=16 |date=May 18, 2015 }}</ref>

The [[wingspan]] is about 16&nbsp;mm. The forewings are white, tinged with yellowish posteriorly. The hindwings are light grey.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Meyrick |first=E. |date=July 1914 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/203183#page/266/mode/1up |title=Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: V |journal=Annals of the Transvaal Museum |volume=4 |issue=4 |page=190 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>


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[[Category:Endemic moths of South Africa]]
[[Category:Apatetrinae]]
[[Category:Apatetrinae]]
[[Category:Gelechiidae genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse]]
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Filisignella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Filisignella
Janse, 1951
Species:
F. cirrhaea
Binomial name
Filisignella cirrhaea
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Epiphthora cirrhaea Meyrick, 1914

Filisignella is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae erected by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1951. Its only species, Filisignella cirrhaea, was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are white, tinged with yellowish posteriorly. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (April 17, 2015). "Filisignella Janse, 1951". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Filisignella cirrhaea (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (July 1914). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: V". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 4 (4): 190 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.