Anarsia choana

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Anarsia choana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species:
A. choana
Binomial name
Anarsia choana
Park, 1995

Anarsia choana is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 1995. It is found in Taiwan[1] and Japan (Ryukyus).[2]

The length of the forewings is 4.5–4.7 millimetres (0.18–0.19 in). The forewings are creamy white, speckled with pale brownish grey and scattered with blackish scales. There is a blackish dot on the extreme base of the costa. The hindwings are pale brownish grey, hyaline on the basal half and with the veins darker.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Anarsia choana Park, 1995". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  3. ^ UEDA, Tatsuya (2010-12-01). "Four new records of species of the genera Anarsia Zeller and Bagdadia Amsel (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Japan". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 61 (4): 272–281. ISSN 0024-0974.