Faristenia mukurossivora

Faristenia mukurossivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Faristenia
Species: F. mukurossivora
Binomial name
Faristenia mukurossivora
Ueda & Ponomarenko, 2000

Faristenia mukurossivora is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in Japan (Honshu).[2]

The length of the forewings is 6.2-6.8 mm for males and 6.5-7.4 mm for females. The forewings are dark brownish grey with dense whitish grey irroration and with scattered blackish scales. There are five fuscous marks on the costa, a large, obscure fuscous mark on the cell and blackish small dots near the apex. The hindwings are pale brownish grey, scattered with ochreous.[3]

The larvae feed on Sapindus mukurossi.

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