Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Faristenia | |
Faristenia mukurossivora is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Japan (Honshu).
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.
The larvae feed on Sapindus mukurossi.
References
Faristenia mukurossivora Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA