Faristenia
genus of insects
Faristenia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.
Species
Faristenia acerella Ponomarenko, 1991
Faristenia angustivalvata Li & Zheng, 1998
Faristenia atrimaculata Park, 1993
Faristenia circulicaudata Li & Zheng, 1998
Faristenia cornutivalvaris Li & Zheng, 1998
Faristenia furtumella Ponomarenko, 1991
Faristenia geminisignella Ponomarenko, 1991
Faristenia hirowatarii Ueda, 2012
Faristenia impenicilla Li & Zheng, 1998
Faristenia jumbongae Park, 1993
Faristenia kanazawai Ueda & Ponomarenko, 2000
Faristenia kangxianensis Li & Zheng, 1998
Faristenia maritimella Ponomarenko, 1991
Faristenia medimaculata Li & Zheng, 1998
Faristenia mukurossivora Ueda & Ponomarenko, 2000
Faristenia nakatanii Ueda, 2012
Faristenia nemoriella Ponomarenko, 1998
Faristenia obliqua Park, Lee & Lee, 2000
Faristenia omelkoi Ponomarenko, 1991
Faristenia pallida Li & Zheng, 1998
Faristenia polemica (Meyrick, 1935)
Faristenia praemaculata (Meyrick, 1931)
Faristenia quercivora Ponomarenko, 1991
Faristenia tamarinda Bippus, 2020
Faristenia triangula Li & Zheng, 1998
Faristenia ussuriella Ponomarenko, 1991
Faristenia wuyiensis Li & Zheng, 1998
References
Park, K.-T.; S.-M. Lee & J.-S. Lee, 2000: New faunistic data of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in Taiwan, with description of a new species. Insecta Koreana 17 (3): 181–192.
Ponomarenko, M.G., 1998: New taxonomic data on Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Russian Far East. Far Eastern Entomologist 67: 1–17. Full article: [1]
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.
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