Fourteen new species of the genus Thubdora Park, 2018 (Lepidoptera Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae) from Uganda, and three new combinations in Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1897 from DR Congo Author Park, Kyu-Tek Author Mey, Wolfram Author Koo, Jun-Mo Author Prins, Jurate De Author Akite, Perpetra Author Cho, Soowon text Zootaxa 2020 2020-04-06 4759 4 451 487 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.1 4569c2ca-cbbb-49cb-8460-494916d5f3d8 1175-5326 3740949 131E86B0-BB4B-4D91-8F48-6F2A2207B424 4. Thubdora fruticosa Park , sp. nov. ( Figs. 5 A–I) FIGURE 5. Thubdora fruticosa Park , sp. nov. : A, adult, holotype; B, head and antenna, dorsal view; C, labial palpus, lateral view; D, male genitalia, paratype with left valva, gen. slide no. CIS-7026; E, paratype with right valva, gen. slide no. CIS-7040; F, aedeagus, holotype, gen. slide no. CIS-7022; F’, aedeagus, paratype, gen. slide no. CIS-7040; G, abdominal segments V–VIII, with long hair-pencils; H, abdominal segment VIII, ventral view; I, female genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-7031. Scale bar for genitalia and aedeagus: 1.0 mm. Type specimen. Holotype : male, Uganda , Kibale National Park , Biol. Field Station , 19–24 xi 2014 , LF leg. W. Mey ; gen. slide no. CIS-7022, COI barcode CBNU114, in MfN . Paratypes : 1♂ , same data as the holotype; gen. slide no. CIS-7026 ; 2♂ , same data as the holotype; gen. slide no. CIS-7040, COI barcode CBNU007; CIS-7056, COI barcode CBNU005 ; 1♀ , same data as holotype; gen. slide no. CIS-7031, COI barcode CBNU049. All paratypes above in MfN ; 1♂ , Uganda , Western , Kibale Forest , Kanyawara 1520 m , 0˚33ʹ39ʹʹN 30˚21ʹ27ʹʹE, 22 x 2014 , D.J.L. Agassiz ; gen. slide no. CIS-7271, deposited in NHMUK . Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from its allies by having a pair of extremely long hair-pencils arising near the middle of the abdomen and reaching the end of the abdomen. In addition, the male genitalia have a relatively short, narrow uncus with a slightly concave caudal margin and a short, trapezoidal caudal plate of the juxta, and the aedeagus narrowly produced apically, lacking a cornutus. Description. Male ( Figs. 5 A–C). Forewing length 8.0–9.0 mm. Head : Vertex covered with dark-brown scales, with orange-white erect scales laterally Antenna ( Fig. 5B ) serrate, shorter than forewing, with basal segment elongated, orange white dorsally, dark brown anteriorly and ventrally; flagellum orange white, often with dark-brown annulations in basal half. Second segment of labial palpus thickened, saber-shaped, dark brown in basal 2/3 and gradually paler toward apex; 3 rd segment strongly upturned, as long as 2 nd segment brown, acute apically ( Fig. 5C ). Thorax : Notum and tegula dark brown. Hind tibia with brownish rough scales above; tarsi orange white with brown scales apically. Forewing ground color yellowish brown to dark brown uniformly; antemedian fascia large, usually well developed, with black scales; costa slightly arched in basal 1/3 and beyond 2/3, with a small, crescent, yellowish costal patch; apex obtuse; fringe concolorous with ground color, with narrow, orange-white basal line. Hind wing pale yellowish brown, with a bundle of hair-like scales at base. Abdomen ( Figs. 5G, H ): Spinous zones on tergites broadly developed, with a pair of extremely long hair-pencils, arising from segment V and extending to segment VIII; sternite VIII narrowed in anterior 1/3, trapezoidal with acute lateral processes, concave on caudal margin; tergite VIII heavily sclerotized, Y-shaped. Male genitalia ( Figs. 5 D–F, F′): Uncus short, broadened distally, with slightly concave caudal margin medially, width about 2/3 the basal plate of gnathos. Basal plate of gnathos strongly convex medially on posterior margin; median process strongly curved downward, nearly right angled, beyond 2/3. Tegumen with V-shaped incision on posterior and anterior margins. Valva with costa slightly expanded dorsally in basal 1/3; cucullus elongated, upturned, slightly concave on costal margin, with round apex, with long, hair-like scales around ventro-proximal margin. Juxta large, trapezoidal, more or less variable, with short, broad caudal plate, nearly flat on caudal margin. Vinculum band-like, narrow, heavily sclerotized. Aedeagus much shorter than valva, slightly curved downward, with apex pointed dorsally; cornutus absent. Female genitalia ( Fig. 5I ): Abdominal sternite VII deeply incised medially, as long as 1/3 the length of segment. Ostium bursae deeply emarginated with latero-caudal processes. Antrum funnel-shaped, sclerotized. Ductus bursae constricted posteriorly, shorter than corpus bursae. Corpus bursae large, ovate; signum plate-like, obtuse-elliptic, longitudinally asymmetrical, weakly sclerotized, with a lanceolate flap anteriorly and posteriorly, posterior flap about 1.5 times larger than anterior flap. Distribution. Uganda ( Kabarole Distr. ). Etymology. The species name is derived from Latin, frutex , - icis (= shrub, bush), referring to the well-developed coremata at the end of the abdomen.