Anarsia acaciae Walsingham, 1896

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Permalink:	ANARACAC
Higher taxa:	Gelechiidae (family)/  Anacampsinae (subfamily)/  Chelariini (tribe)/  Anarsia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Walsingham, 1896
Citation:	Anarsia acaciae, Wlsm., sp. n.
Original genus:	Anarsia
Publication:	Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	1896
Issue:	1
Pagination:	278–279
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31031861

Anarsia acaciae (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Anarsia acaciae Walsingham, 1896	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Lectotype ♂, genitalia slide 10858♂, NHMUK	Yemen	[Yemen], SW Arabia, Aden, bred 11.iii.1895, leg. J. W. Yerbury.
Anarsia acaciae Walsingham, 1896	Lectotype	♂	NHMUK	Paralectotypes 8♂, ♀, NHMUK.	Yemen	[Yemen], SW Arabia, Aden, bred 11.iii.1895, leg. J. W. Yerbury.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Algeria.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Anarsia acaciae Walsingham, 1896	Kenya		Aarvik L. & Agassiz D. J. L. 2014b. Taxonomy of some African species hitherto placed in Stenentoma Diakonoff, 1969 and in Eucosmocydia Diakonoff, 1988 (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). page 27
Anarsia acaciae Walsingham, 1896	Yemen		Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 279

Plant note:

Between spun leaves (see D. J. L. Agassiz & O. Bidzilya 2016: 118).

Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Anarsia acaciae Walsingham, 1896	Acacia edgworthii	Fabaceae	Yemen	Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 279
Anarsia acaciae Walsingham, 1896	Acacia farnesiana	Fabaceae	Algeria	Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 279
Anarsia acaciae Walsingham, 1896	Vachellia tortilis	Fabaceae	Kenya	Agassiz D. J. L. & Bidzilya O. V. 2016. Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) bred from acacia in Kenya with description of eight new species. page 118

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Anarsia acaciae (1)

Anarsia acaciae (2)

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