Faristenia omelkoi

Faristenia omelkoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Faristenia
Species:	F. omelkoi
Binomial name
	Faristenia omelkoi; Ponomarenko, 1991
Synonyms
	Faristenia nigriella Park, 1993;

Faristenia omelkoi is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan (Honshu)[2] and Taiwan.[3]

The wingspan is 13-13.5 mm. The forewings are fuscous with several yellowish white patches before and beyond a dark fuscous central costal patch. There are also several irregularly scattered dark streaks. The hindwings are pale grey.[4]

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.

References

Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
Faristenia at funet
Insecta Koreana, 17(3): (181-192)
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.

[2] Faristenia at funet

[3] Insecta Koreana, 17(3): (181-192)

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