Anarsia phortica Meyrick, 1913

Park, Kyu-Tek & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2018, The genus Anarsia Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in Laos, with description of a new species and ten new records of the genus, Zootaxa 4399 (2), pp. 272-280 : 279

Anarsia phortica Meyrick, 1913

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Anarsia phortica Meyrick, 1913: 167 ; Clarke, 1969: 246; Park & Ponomarenko, 1996: 41. TL: Maskeliya, Sri Lanka. Ananarsia phortica ; Ponomarenko, 1997: 53, 2009: 342.

Diagnosis. This species is distinguished from its allies by having an extremely large trapezoidal, black costal patch and an expansible long hair pencil near the base on the underside of the forewing. The male genitalia are characterized by the left valva with a broad expansion near base on ventral margin and the right valva foot-shaped with modified palmate scales along the ventral margin beyond 1/3. For illustration of male genitalia, see Clarke (1969, pl. 122, figs. 4a, 4b) and Bae et al. (2016, figs. 46, 46a).

Material examined. 1 6, Ban Tha , Xiengkhouang Prov., 7 viii 2016, 1,298 m, 19°45'N, 103°33'E, coll. Bae YS et al., gen. slide no. CIS-6756.

Distribution. Laos (first record), Vietnam, N India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysian Borneo.

Figures

FIGURES 12–19. Adults: 12, A. choana Park; 13, A. isogona Meyrick; 14, A. kepensis Park; 15, A. paraisogona Park & Ponomarenko; 16, A. patulella (Walker); 17,A.porthmisa Park; 18, A. phortica Meyrick; 19, A. tricornis Meyrick.