''Faristenia'' is a genus of

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 ...

s in the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...

.Li. H.H. & Z.M. Zheng, 1998: ''A taxonomic review of the genus Faristenia from China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).'' Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 23 (4): 386-398.

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'' * '' Faristenia triangula'' Li & Zheng, 1998 * '' Faristenia ussuriella'' Ponomarenko, 1991 * '' Faristenia wuyiensis'' Li & Zheng, 1998

References

* , 2000: New faunistic data of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in Taiwan, with description of a new species. ''Insecta Koreana'' 17 (3): 181–192. * , 1998: New taxonomic data on ''Dichomeridinae'' (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Russian Far East. ''Far Eastern Entomologist'' 67: 1–17. Full article

* , 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. Faristenia, Chelariini Gelechiidae genera {{Chelariini-stub