Faristenia hirowatarii
| Faristenia hirowatarii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Faristenia |
| Species: | F. hirowatarii |
| Binomial name | |
| Faristenia hirowatarii Ueda, 2012 | |
Faristenia hirowatarii is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in Japan (Honshu).[2]
The length of the forewings is 5.6-6.9 mm for males and 5.7-7.2 mm for females. The forewings are whitish, scattered with pale fuscous and with a blackish dot on the costa at the base. There are five fuscous marks on the costa, as well as a fuscous dot on the subcosta near the base and a fuscous dot at two-thirds. There are irregular fuscous streaks on the plical fold and the tornus is somewhat suffused with pale fuscous. A series of fuscous dots is found on the margin from. The hindwings are light grey, irrorated with pale brownish grey.[3]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Faristenia at funet
- ↑ Ueda, T., 2012: Additional two new species of the genus Faristenia Ponomarenko (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 63(2): 65-69. Abstract:
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