Anarsia patulella ( Walker, 1864 )

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 : 278

Anarsia patulella ( Walker, 1864)

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Gelechia patulella Walker, 1864: 635 . TL: Sri Lanka.

Anarsia patulella ; Meyrick, 1913: 168; 1925: 153. Park, 1995: 61; Bae et al., 2016: 239. Ananarsia patulella: Ponomarenko, 2009: 342 .

Diagnosis. This species is characterized by having a small crescentic black costal patch and a similarly sized blotch beneath it in the discal cell on the forewing. For illustration of male genitalia, see Park (1995, Figs. 21–23) and Bae et al. (2016, Figs. 58, 58a).

Material examined. 2 6, Phou Khao Khouay Nat. Park, Bolikhampsai Prov., 1 iv 2016, 322 m, 18°28'N, 103°56'E, coll. Bae YS et al., gen. slide no. CIS-6757; 1 6, Phou Khao Khouay Nat. Park, 2 iv 2016, 648 m, 18°30'N, 102°58'E, coll. Bae YS et al.

Distribution. Laos (first record), Taiwan, 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.