Four new species of Thubdora Park, 2018 and one new species of Torodora Meyrick 1894 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from Tanzania
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
0000-0001-9933-4497
Bioresource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012 Korea. & ktpark 02 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9933 - 4497
ktpark02@gmail.com
Author
Cho, Soowon
0000-0001-6085-0064
Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, CB 28644, Korea. & chosoowon @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6085 - 0064
chosoowon@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-17
5068
3
399
409
journal article
3473
10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.4
aa58abe2-e651-4d1c-b8e4-b4f8ac89458f
1175-5326
5706990
10AAE866-E249-4CBD-A0DD-4E83BD288EA0
Thubdora tanzaniana
Park & Cho
,
sp. nov.
LSID:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
4C3D7168-4B84-4FE1-9714-C0CED3AF24BF
(
Figs. 5A–F
)
Type specimen
.
Holotype
: male,
Tanzania
,
Morogoro
Reg.,
Kilombero Distr.
,
Udzungwa Mts. Nat. Park
,
Mang’ula
550 m
,
20–21 xi 2005
, leg.
L. Aarvik
, M.
Fibiger, A
. Kingston, gen. slide no. CIS-7280, in
NHMO
.
Diagnosis
. The male genitalia of the new species are more or less similar to those of
Torodora lichanosa
Park & De Prins
or
T. trilova
Park & De Prins
by having a similar shape of the caudal processes of the juxta, but it is no doubt that this new species belongs to
Thubdora
by having the forewing venation with M
3
, CuA
1
, and CuA
2
on a common stalk.
Description.
Adult (
Figs. 5A–C
). Wingspan ca.
12.5 mm
.
FIGURE 5.
Thubdora tanzaniana
Park & Cho
,
sp. nov
.
: A, adult, holotype; B, head and labial palpus in lateral view; C, label; D, male genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-7480; E, ditto, aedeagus; F, abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia and the aedeagus: 1.0 mm.
Head:
Purplish dark brown dorsally, with light-orange erect scales laterally. Antenna as long as forewing; basal segment elongated, pale orange; flagellum serrate, with fine cilia ventrally, pale orange, shiny, with dark-brown annulations. Second segment of labial palpus thickened, with dark brown rough scales on outer surface, with light orange scales apically, paler on inner surface; 3
rd
segment slender, as long as 2
nd
segment, orange white on dorsal and lateral surfaces, dark brown on ventral surface.
Thorax
: Tegula and notum purplish dark brown dorsally. Hind tibia dark brown, with broad yellowish-white bands in basal 1/3 and a narrower one beyond middle. Forewing ground color yellowish brown densely covered with dark fuscous scales; costa gently arched beyond basal 1/3, with a small, yellowish-white costal patch beyond 3/4; two or three blackish spots on antemedian fascia; more fuscous scales densely scattered beyond 2/3; apex obtuse; termen oblique; fringe concolorous with ground color. Hindwing broader than forewing, uniformly brownish gray; apex produced; termen oblique; fringe concolorous.
Abdomen
(
Fig. 5F
): Spinose zones broadly developed; tergite VIII with heavily sclerotized anterior margin.
Male genitalia
(
Figs. 5D, E
): Uncus broad at base, gradually narrowed to 2/3, with clavate distal part rounded apically. Basal plate of gnathos with nearly straight caudal margin; median process gradually narrowed to basal 2/3, then strongly bent downward, with sharply pointed apically. Valva elongated, broad in basal 1/4; costa abruptly bent downward near base, then deeply concave; cucullus nearly parallel-sided, upturned, with round apex; sacculus weakly developed. Juxta bowl-shaped, concave on caudal margin; lateral process triangular, sharply pointed apically; median process large, triangular, with sharply pointed apically, slightly longer than the length of juxta. Vinculum narrow, banded. Aedeagus stout, about 2/3 the length of valva, broad at base and slightly narrower toward apex, rounded apically; cornuti consisting of a bundle of short, strong spines located before apex ventrally; and a narrow plate with linear spines internally.
Female unknown.
Distribution.
Tanzania
(Kilombero Dist.).
Etymology.
The species name is derived from the
type
locality,
Tanzania
.