Biology:Faculta inaequalis

Short description: Species of moth

Faculta inaequalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Faculta
Species:	F. inaequalis
Binomial name
Faculta inaequalis (Busck, 1910)
Synonyms
Gelechia inaequalis Busck, 1910 Gelechia inaequalis Walsingham, 1911 (preocc. Busck, 1910) Gelechia anisectis Meyrick, 1923 Gelechia clistrodoma Meyrick, 1923

Faculta inaequalis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico and the United States , where it has been recorded from California , Arizona and New Mexico.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish speckled grey, more thinly on the basal third and with a small blackish dot beneath the costa near the base, and one raised beyond it in the disc. There is a hardly oblique narrow black fascia from the costa at one-third not reaching the dorsum, a faint rosy tinge beneath its extremity. The discal stigmata are very small, black, the second placed on the inner edge of a narrow transverse fascia of which the costal third is black, the discal is whitish, the dorsal rosy-ochreous and there is some indistinct rosy-ochreous suffusion towards the apex, as well as some groups of dark grey scales on the costa towards the apex. The hindwings are grey.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13632562 entry