Meyrick, 1916 : 583
Meyrick, 1925 : 153
Clarke, 1969 : 242
Ananarsia didymopa
Ponomarenko, 1997 : 51
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
Bae, Yang-Seop
Shin, Young-Min
Na, Sol-Moon
Park, Kyu-Tek
Zootaxa
2016
4061
3
227
252
DGG6
Meyrick, 1916
Meyrick
1916
[195,602,151,178]
Insecta
Gelechiidae
Anarsia
Animalia
Lepidoptera
12
239
Arthropoda
species
didymopa
( Figs. 16, 37, 55)
Anarsia didymopa Meyrick, 1916: 583; Meyrick, 1925: 153; Clarke, 1969: 242; Park & Ponomarenko, 1996: 40. Ananarsia didymopa; Ponomarenko, 1997: 51, 2009: 340. TL: Bengal, India. The typein BMNH.
Diagnosis.The species is superficially similar to A. patulellaWalker, with a similar costal patch and discal blotch on the forewing, but it can be distinguished by the left valva of male genitalia with a hook-shaped process basally. Male genitalia ( Figs. 55): Uncus slightly curved, with acute apex. Tegumen narrow, as long as valva. Left valva with a hook-shaped process basally, shorter than 1/3 the length of valva; right valva strongly convex near 1/3 on costal margin. Phallus short, shorter than 1/2 the length of valva.
Material examined. VIETNAM: 1 ♂, Vinh Phuc Prov., Tam Dao Nat. Park, 750m, 30 vii 2006(Park, Chae, & Cuong), gen. slide no. CIS-6422.
Distribution. Vietnam(Vinh Phuc Prov.), India, Thailand.
Remark.The species was described from Bengal, India, based on a single male. Park and Ponomarenko (1996) reported it from Thailand.