Faristenia acerella

Faristenia acerella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in the Russian Far East and Korea.[2]

Faristenia acerella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Faristenia
Species:
F. acerella
Binomial name
Faristenia acerella
Ponomarenko, 1991

The wingspan is 13.5-14.5 mm. The forewings are brownish grey with a dark fuscous scale tuft at one-third below the cell. There is also a large costal patch near the middle, a small one before the middle, as well as two to three small ones beyond it.[3]

The larvae feed on Acer ginnala.

References

  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. Faristenia at funet
  3. Insecta koreana 10 : 35 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine


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