Anarsia Zeller, 1839

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 : 228

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:06F2F7C6-24EC-48BB-8167-325D4D1C1A3C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6071839
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scientific name	Anarsia Zeller, 1839
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Genus Anarsia Zeller, 1839 View in CoL

Anarsia Zeller, 1839: 190 View in CoL . Type species: Tinea spartiella Schrank, 1802 . Ananarsia Amsel, 1959: 32. Type species: Anarsia lineatella Zeller, 1839 View in CoL .

Anarsia Zeller View in CoL is defined by the following morphological characters: the vestigial (with a few exception) 3rd segment of labial palpus in the male (normal in the female), and the hindwing with a broad expansion of the anterior part of its costal margin. The genitalia are characterized by having asymmetrical valvae with numerous modified setae on their inner surface, and often with a long sclerotized process, and the lack of gnathos.