Anarsia Ulneongensis
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''Anarsia ulneongensis'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dis ...
. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Margarita Gennadievna Ponomarenko in 1996. It is found in
Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
and
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 ...
(Kyushu, Ryukyus). The length of the forewings is 4.8-6.5 mm for males and 5.4-6.3 mm for females. The forewings are whitish, irregularly tinged with pale fuscous, scattered with blackish scales. There is blackish dot at the base of the costa, and two small fuscous marks on one-fourth and one-third. The hindwings are pale brownish grey, with the veins slightly darker.Park, K. T.; Ponomarenko, M. G., 1996: New faunistic data of the Gelechiidae in Korea, with description of two new species of ''Anarsia'' Zeller. ''Korean Journal of Entomology''. 26(4): 343-349
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ulneongensis Moths described in 1996 Moths of Korea Moths of Japan {{Anacampsinae-stub