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Issue: Vol. 4399 No. 2: 21 Mar. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-03-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.2.10
Page range: 272–280
Abstract views: 79
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The genus Anarsia Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in Laos, with description of a new species and ten new records of the genus

The Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Prov., 13630 Korea.
Bio–Resource and Environmental Center, Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012 Korea.
Lepidoptera Taxonomy Gelechiidae Anarsia genitalia

Abstract

The genus Anarsia Zeller (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in Laos is reviewed, with 11 species including one new species: Anarsia laosana sp. nov. Additionally another 10 species of the genus, namely, Anarsia choana Park, A. decora Li & Zheng, A. isogona Meyrick, A. kepensis Park, A. ovula Park and Ponomarenko, A. paraisogona Park and Ponomarenko, A. patulella (Walker), A. porthmisa Park, A. phortica Meyrick, and A. tricornis Meyrick, are reported for the first time from Laos. Photos of all recorded species are shown, and genitalia for the new species and two poorly known species, A. decora and A. paraisogona Park and Ponomarenko, are illustrated.

 

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