Genus Anarsia Zeller, 1839

Anarsia Zeller, 1839: 190 . Type species: Tinea spartiella Schrank, 1802 . Ananarsia Amsel, 1959: 32. Type species: Anarsia lineatella Zeller, 1839 .

Anarsia Zeller is defined by the following morphological characters: the vestigial (with a few exception) 3rd segment of labial palpus in the male (normal in the female), and the hindwing with a broad expansion of the anterior part of its costal margin. The genitalia are characterized by having asymmetrical valvae with numerous modified setae on their inner surface, and often with a long sclerotized process, and the lack of gnathos.