Anarsia tricornis 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 : 279-280

Anarsia tricornis Meyrick, 1913

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Anarsia tricornis Meyrick, 1913: 168 ; Clarke, 1969: (6) 250; Park, 1995: 64; Park & Ponomarenko, 1996: 41; Bae et al., 2016: 229. TL: Maskeliya, Sri Lanka.

Ananarsia tricornis ; Ponomarenko, 1997: 53, 2009: 343.

Diagnosis. The species is superficially similar to A. anisodonta Diakonoff 1954 , with a large, unique, triangular costal patch on the forewing, but it can be distinguished by the male genital characters. For illustration of male genitalia, see Clarke (1969, Pl. 124, Figs. 2–2b ); Park (1995, Figs. 29–31); Park & Ponomarenko (1996, Figs. 21- 23); and Bae et al. (2016, Figs. 41, 41a–b).

Material examined. 1 6, Num Mung River , Phou Khao Khouay Nat. Park, Vientiane Prov., 10 viii 2016, 750 m, 18°21'N, 102°52'E, coll. Bae YS et al., dissected genitalia in a tube with specimen.

Distribution. Laos (first record), Taiwan, Indonesia (Sumatra, N. Sulawesi), Sri Lanka, Australia.

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.

FIGURES 2–6. Anarsia laosana Park, sp. nov.: 2, Adult, paratype; 2a, Labial palpus of male; 2b, Labial palpus of female; 3, Male genitalia; 3a,Vinculum complex; 3b, Phallus; 3c,close-up of phallus; 4, Abdominal segment VIII; 5,Venation;6,Female genitalia; 6a, Close-up of signum.