''Anarsia protensa'' is a
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 1995. It is found in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
(Honshu, Kyushu) and
Taiwan.
The
wingspan is about 15 mm.
The larvae feed on ''
Elaeagnus pungens
''Elaeagnus pungens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, known by the common names thorny olive, spiny oleaster and silverthorn; also by the family name "oleaster". It is native to Asia, including China and Japan. It is ...
''. They bore in the fruits of the host plant.
A revision of the Japanese species of the genus ''Anarsia'' Zeller (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae)
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References
protensa
Moths described in 1995
Moths of Japan
Moths of Taiwan
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