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Faristenia kanazawai

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Faristenia kanazawai is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Japan (Honshu).

The length of the forewings is 6.6-7 mm. The forewings are white, tinged with brownish grey except for the costa. There is a blackish dot on the costa at the base, as well as five blackish marks. A blackish dot is found on the subcostal near the base and there is a blackish elliptical mark above the tornus. The plical fold has a fuscous dot at two-seventh and there is an irregular fuscous streak from before the middle to the tornus, as well as a fuscous dot on the dorsal margin at one-seventh and a series of obscure fuscous dots on the costal margin and termen. The hindwings are pale brownish grey.

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