Anarsia phortica Meyrick, 1913

Bae, Yang-Seop, Shin, Young-Min, Na, Sol-Moon & Park, Kyu-Tek, 2016, The genus Anarsia in Cambodia and the Northern Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), with descriptions of ten new species and a catalogue of the genus in the Central-East Asia, Zootaxa 4061 (3), pp. 227-252 : 232

6. Anarsia phortica Meyrick, 1913

( Figs. 6 , 27 , 46, 46 a)

Anarsia phortica Meyrick, 1913:167 ; Clarke, 1969: 246; Park and Ponomarenko, 1996: 41.

Ananarsia phortica ; Ponomarenko, 1997: 53, 2009: 342. TL: Maskeliya, Sri Lanka. The type in BMNH.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Figs. 6 , 27 ): Wingspan, 13.0 mm. The species is characterized by the extremely large trapezoidal costal patch occupying 1/3 the length of costa, with the length of the lower margin nearly same as the upper margin, and an expansible blackish long hairpencil near base on underside of forewing well developed; the second segment of labial palpus in male ( Fig. 27 ) quadrate, upturned, strongly angled near base. The forewing is broad, with obtuse apex; the ground color is grayish, with brownish scales sparsely scattered in basal 1/3, densely covered with brownish scales in middle, then grayish white mottled with dark brown scales in distal part of wing. The hindwing has a broadly developed anterior expansion, abruptly oblique beyond middle. The female is unknown.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 46, 46 a): Uncus more or less triangular, curved apically, with antero-lateral process, apex pointed. Tegumen short, shorter than valvae. Left valva roundly expanded in basal 1/3 on ventral margin, with slender, heavily sclerotized, S-shaped process, extending to 2/3 of valva; costa slightly concave beyond middle. Right valva with a large spatulate lobe on ventral margin near base; zone with palmately modified scales in distal end. Phallus strongly curved before middle, then S-shaped.

Material examined. VIETNAM: 2 ♂, Bac Khan Prov., Ba Be Nat. Park, 26–28 vii 2006 (Park, Chae, & Cuong), gen. slide no. CIS-6425.

Distribution. Vietnam (new record, Vinh Phuc Prov.), N India, Sri Lanka, Thailand (N & W), Malaysian Borneo (Kutching).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 21. Adults and venations. 1, Anarsia trichornis Meyrick, female; 2, A. isogona Meyrick, male; 3, A. paraisogona Park, male; 4, A. incerta Ueda, male; 5, A. deuterodes Park, sp. nov., male, holotype; 6. A. photica Meyrick, male; 7, A. diversiola Park, sp. nov., male, holotype; 8, A. porthmista Park, sp. nov., female, paratype; 9, A. acerata Meyrick, male; 10, A. gryphodes Park, sp. nov., male, holotype; 10 a, ditto, hair pencil on underside of forewing, 11, A. campestra Park, sp. nov., male, holotype; 12, A. similicampa Park, sp. nov., male, holotype; 13, A. choana Park, male; 14, A. kepensis Park, sp. nov., male, holotype; 15, A. melanodes Park, sp. nov., male. holotype; 15 a, ditto, hair pencil on underside of hindwing; 15 b. ditto, female. 16, A. didymopa Meyrick, male; 17, A. pusillidia Park, sp. nov., male, holotype; 18, A. patulella (Walker), male; 19, A. houhunlii Park, sp. nov., male, holotype; 19 a, ditto, hair pencil on underside of forewing; 20, Hindwing venation of A. patulella Walker; 21, Hindwing venation of A. porthmista Park, sp. nov..

FIGURES 22 – 40. Labial palpus of male and female: 22, Anarsia trichornis Meyrick; 22 a, ditto, female; 23, A. isogona Meyrick; 24, A. paraisogona Park; 25, A. incerta Ueda; 26, A. deuterodes Park, sp. nov.; 27, A. phortica Meyrick; 28, A. diversiola Park, sp. nov.; 29, A. porthmista Park, sp. nov.; 29 a, ditto, female; 30. A. acerata Meyrick, female; 31, A. gryphodes Park, sp. nov.; 32, A. campestra Park, sp. nov.; 33, A. similicampa Park, sp. nov., 34, A. choana Park; 35, A. kepensis Park, sp. nov.; 36. A. melanodes Park, sp. nov.; 37, A. didymopa Meyrick; 38, A. pusillidia Park, sp. nov.; 39, A. patulella (Walker); 39 a, ditto, female; 40, A. houhunlii Park, sp. nov.

FIGURES 44 – 47 a. Male genitalia: 44, A. incerta Ueda; 44 a, ditto, abdominal sternite VIII; 45, A. deuterodes Park, sp. nov., left and right valva; 45 a, ditto, tegumen + uncus; 45 b, ditto, abdominal sternite VIII; 46. A. phortica Meyrick; 46 a, ditto, phallus; 47, A. diversiola Park, sp. nov.; 47 a, ditto, different view of the same species.