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
Author
Bae, Yang-Seop
Author
Shin, Young-Min
Author
Na, Sol-Moon
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
text
Zootaxa
2016
4061
3
227
252
journal article
51218
10.11646/zootaxa.4061.3.2
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1175-5326
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18.
Anarsia patulella
(
Walker, 1864
)
, comb. rev.
(
Figs. 18, 20
,
39, 39
a, 58, 58a, 66)
Gelechia patulella
Walker, 1864
: 635
.
Anarsia patulella
;
Meyrick, 1913
: 168
; 1925: 153;
Caradja & Meyrick, 1935
: 69
;
Park, 1995
: 61
; Park & Ponomarenko, 1996: 41.
Ananarsia patulella
;
Ponomarenko, 1997
: 52
, 2009: 342. TL:
Sri Lanka
. The type’s depository unknown.
Diagnosis.
Wingspan, 9.5–12.0 mm. This species is superficially similar to
A. didymopa
Meyrick
and
A. pusillidia
sp. nov.
by having a small, crescent, blackish costal patch and a similar sized streak beneath it in discal cell. They can be distinguished by the male genital character. The size is considerably variable. The hindwing venation is illustrated in
Fig. 20
.
Male genitalia (
Figs. 58, 58
a): Valvae asymmetrical, more or less similar to each other: left valva narrowed at base, ventral margin convex near middle; numerous palmate scales with long thread-like stalks scattered beyond middle, with a pocket-like membranous flap at basal 1/3 of valva; apex protruded, angled preapically on anterior margin; right valva expanded near base of hind margin, with similar scales. Phallus, short, less than 2/3 the length of tegumen.
Female genitalia (
Fig. 66
). Ostium funnel-shaped; ductus seminalis arising from junction with corpus bursae. Phallus with a crescent signum.
Material examined
.
VIETNAM
:
3
♂
, 7♀, Cuc Phuong Nat. Park,
200 m
,
23 iv 2006
(Park, Kim & Kang), gen. slide no. CIS-6415;
6
♂
, 3♀, Bak Khan Prov., Ba Be Nat. Park,
26–28 vii 2006
(Park, Chae, & Cuong), gen. slide no. CIS-6417;
4
♂
, 3♀, Tam Dao Nat. Park,
450 m
,
25 v 2007
, gen. slide no. CIS-6418 & -6419, & 6423 (♀); 6♀, same locality,
950 m
,
30 vii 2006
, gen. slide no. CIS-6421; 8♀, same locality,
24 v 2007
(KT Park).
Host plant.
Prunus salicina
Lindl.(Rosaceae)
,
Nephelium
sp. (
Meliaceae
) (
Li, 2002
).
Distribution.
Vietnam
(Bac Khan, Nhin Binh, Vinh Phuc Prov.),
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
China
(Yunnan, Kiangsu),
Taiwan
,
Thailand
,
Australia
.
Remarks.
This species is widely distributed in the Oriental Region and
Australia
.
Park (1995)
indicated that considerable variation was found in the shape of valvae which was considered intraspecific.