Anarsia tortuosa

Last updated

Anarsia tortuosa
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species:
A. tortuosa
Binomial name
Anarsia tortuosa
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria tortuosaMeyrick, 1913
  • Hypatima tortuosaMeyrick, 1913

Anarsia tortuosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. [1] It is found in Japan (Ryukyus) [2] and Sri Lanka. [3]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are brown, sprinkled with dark fuscous and with undefined irregular longitudinal streaks of ochreous-whitish suffusion above and below the fold throughout. There is a streak of dark fuscous suffusion along the fold throughout and the rest of the wing irregularly marked with broken longitudinal streaks of dark fuscous suffusion. The costa is suffused with dark fuscous from before the middle to four-fifths. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline (almost glass like) anteriorly, with the veins and termen dark fuscous. [4]

Related Research Articles

Anarsia antisaris is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.

<i>Anarsia isogona</i> Species of moth

Anarsia isogona is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. In 1933, it was described by Edward Meyrick. It is found in Japan, China, Taiwan and southern India.

Anarsia nimbosa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Anarsia veruta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in India (Bengal).

Helcystogramma craticula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique.

Dichomeris ligyra is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Gauteng, South Africa.

Dichomeris oleata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Dichomeris citharista is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in southern India.

Dichomeris dicausta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Assam, India.

Crasimorpha peragrata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in French Guiana.

Hypatima isoptila is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Hypatima probolaea is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

<i>Hypatima spathota</i> Species of moth

Hypatima spathota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

Hypatima attenuata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

Hypatima tenebrosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.

Tornodoxa tholochorda is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Korea, Japan and Zhejiang, China.

Anarsia acerata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in southern India and northern Vietnam.

Anarsia omoptila is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in south India.

Anarsia sagmatica is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in north-western India.

Anarsia triaenota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in southern India and Myanmar.

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima tortuosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "A revision of the Japanese species of the genus Anarsia Zeller (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)".
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Anarsia tortuosa (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 165. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.