Faristenia acerella

Faristenia acerella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Faristenia
Species:	F. acerella
Binomial name
	Faristenia acerella; Ponomarenko, 1991

Faristenia acerella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.^[1] It is found in the Russian Far East and Korea.^[2]

The wingspan is 13.5-14.5 mm. The forewings are brownish grey with a dark fuscous scale tuft at one-third below the cell. There is also a large costal patch near the middle, a small one before the middle, as well as two to three small ones beyond it.^[3]

The larvae feed on Acer ginnala.

References

^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-06-03.^{[failed verification]}
^ Faristenia at funet
^ Insecta koreana 10 : 35 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-06-03.^{[failed verification]}

[2] Faristenia at funet

[3] Insecta koreana 10 : 35 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

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