Anarsia choana

Anarsia choana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Anarsia
Species:	A. choana
Binomial name
	Anarsia choana; Park, 1995

Anarsia choana is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 1995. It is found in Taiwan[1] and Japan (Ryukyus).[2]

The length of the forewings is 4.5–4.7 millimetres (0.18–0.19 in). The forewings are creamy white, speckled with pale brownish grey and scattered with blackish scales. There is a blackish dot on the extreme base of the costa. The hindwings are pale brownish grey, hyaline on the basal half and with the veins darker.[3]

References

Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Anarsia choana Park, 1995". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
UEDA, Tatsuya (2010-12-01). "Four new records of species of the genera Anarsia Zeller and Bagdadia Amsel (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Japan". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 61 (4): 272–281. ISSN 0024-0974.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Anarsia choana Park, 1995". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

[3] UEDA, Tatsuya (2010-12-01). "Four new records of species of the genera Anarsia Zeller and Bagdadia Amsel (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Japan". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 61 (4): 272–281. ISSN 0024-0974.