Anarsia asymmetrodes

Anarsia asymmetrodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species: A. asymmetrodes
Binomial name
Anarsia asymmetrodes
Park, 2014

Anarsia asymmetrodes is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Park in 2014.[1] It is found in Korea,[2] where it has been recorded from the island of Baengnyeongdo.

The wingspan is 14–15  mm. The forewings are pale orange–grey, speckled with dark-brown scales. There is a short basal blackish streak on the costa and the median costal patch is blackish, large and trapezoidal. There are two to three small, dark-brownish marks before and beyond the median costal patch. The hindwings are uniform greyish.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Greek asymmetros (meaning without symmetry) with the Greek suffix -odes.[3]

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