Faristenia mukurossivora

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

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

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.

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. Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 51 (2) : 122


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