Asapharcha, Meyrick, 1920, Meyrick, 1920

Bidzilya, Oleksiy V., Mey, Wolfram & Rajaei, Hossein, 2024, Taxonomic revision of Asapharcha Meyrick, 1920 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 5443 (4), pp. 548-566 : 550

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:86523897-9C0A-4A21-A03B-B549BCE74B53

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11084944

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/637787B3-FF9E-E234-FF61-607BFA6EF843

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Asapharcha
status

 

Key to species View in CoL identification based on external characters of adult specimens

1. Forewing with large dark spot on posterior margin ( Figs 1, 3, 5 View FIGURES 1–10 , 11–14 View FIGURES 11–16 ).......................................... 2

- Forewing without spot on posterior margin ( Figs 6–10 View FIGURES 1–10 , 15 View FIGURES 11–16 ).................................................... 5

2. Ground colour of the forewing white ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–10 ).............................................. A. lacistoides sp. nov.

- Ground colour of the forewing grey or brown.............................................................. 3

3. Ground colour of the forewing grey, forewing broad ( Figs 11–14 View FIGURES 11–16 )...................................... A. tauropis

- Ground colour of the forewing brown, forewing narrow...................................................... 4

4. Segment 2 of labial palpus roughly scaled, apex of the forewing concolorous with ground colour ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–10 , 17 View FIGURES 17–22 )............................................................................................... A. angustella sp. nov.

- Segment 2 of labial palpus smoothly scaled, apex of the forewing darker than ground ( Figs 3 View FIGURES 1–10 , 18 View FIGURES 17–22 )........ A. fuscomaculata

5. Ground colour of the forewing light, pale ( Figs 7–10 View FIGURES 1–10 , 15 View FIGURES 11–16 )..................................................... 6

- Ground colour of the forewing dark, brown to greyish-brown ( Figs 2, 4, 6 View FIGURES 1–10 )....................................... 7

6. Forewing predominantly pale, hindwing light grey ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 11–16 )................................ A. unipunctella sp. nov.

- Forewing distinctly shaded with dark along margins and near apex, hindwing dark brown ( Figs 7–10 View FIGURES 1–10 )......... A. strigifera

7. Head ochreous brown, thorax black ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1–10 )............................................ A. ochrocapitella sp. nov.

- Head concolorous with thorax ( Figs 2, 4 View FIGURES 1–10 ).................................................................. 8

8. Segment 2 of labial palpus with tuft of scales beneath, hindwing lighter than forewing ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–10 )................. A. hirsuta

- Segment 2 of labial palpus smooth scaled, hindwing darker than forewing ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–10 )....................... A. centrotypa

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Gelechiidae

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