''Cameraria fara'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

. The habitat consists of riparian woodland with high standing grass. The length of the forewings is about . Adults have been recorded on wing at the end of November.

Etymology

The specific name refers to the Faro River, the

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of the enclosing valley, and experience flooding during periods of high Discharge (hydrolog ...

of which is the type locality.

References

Endemic fauna of Cameroon Moths described in 2012 fara Insects of Cameroon Moths of Africa Taxa named by Jurate de Prins {{Cameraria-stub