Cameraria fara

Cameraria fara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cameraria
Species: C. fara
Binomial name
Cameraria fara
de Prins, 2012

Cameraria fara is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in Cameroon. The habitat consists of riparian woodland with high standing grass

The length of the forewings is about 2.4 millimetres (0.094 in). The forewing ground colour is ochreous with dirty white/black markings consisting of three transverse fasciae, one costal patch and one dorsal strigula and marked blackish-fuscous at the tornus. The hindwings are dirty white with a golden shine along the costal margin. Adults have been recorded on wing at the end of November.[1]

Etymology

The specific name refers to the Faro River, the floodplain of which is the type locality.

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