Faristenia mukurossivora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Faristenia |
Species: | F. mukurossivora
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Binomial name | |
Faristenia mukurossivora Ueda & Ponomarenko, 2000
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Faristenia mukurossivora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. [1][ failed verification] 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.