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]
| Anarsia choana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Anarsia |
| Species: | A. choana
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| Binomial name | |
| Anarsia choana Park, 1995
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Anarsia choana Park, 1995". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ 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.