Faculta inaequalis

(Faculta inaequalis)

Description

Faculta inaequalis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. 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 is 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.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Faculta
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