Review of the Malagasy lecithocerid species described by Pierre Viette and deposited in MNHN (Paris), with new generic combinations and descriptions of a new subfamily and genus of Momphidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
Bioresource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012 Korea;
Author
Koo, Jun-Mo
Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644 Korea.
Author
Minet, Joël
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (ISYEB, UMR 7205), Entomologie (C. P. 50), 45, rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-09-02
4845
2
151
190
journal article
8554
10.11646/zootaxa.4845.2.1
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Torodora cameronella
(Viette, [1957])
,
comb. nov.
(
Figs. 13
A–E)
Lecithocera cameronella
Viette, [1957]
: 222. TL: Ankaratra massif, Manjakatompo.
Type
.
1♂
(
holotype
),
Central
Madagascar
,
Ankaratra
massif,
Manjakatompo
,
Ambahona forest
, alt.
1,850 m
,
20 xii 1951
(collecting no. 81),
P. Viette
leg.;
Muséum Paris
,
Mission P. Viette
,
Sept. 1951
-
March 1952
;
Lecithocera cameronella
n. sp.
,
Holotype
♂
,
P. Viette
; genitalia: prep.
P. Viette
no. 2761.
FIGURE 13.
Torodora cameronella
(Viette, [1957])
,
comb. nov.
: A, holotype; B, labels; C, male genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 2761; D, aedeagus; E abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia and aedeagus: 0.5 mm.
Adult
(
Figs. 13A, B
). Wingspan,
11.5 mm
. This species has a forewing colour pattern similar to that of
Torodora lecithocerella
in having a well-developed yellowish-white antemedian band and a weak postmedian band. These two species can be distinguished by the colour of the head: yellowish brown in
M. cameronella
, but greyish white in
M. lecithocerella
; and the postmedian band is less convex in
M. cameronella
.
It is also similar to
Torodora hildebrandtella
(Viette, [1957])
, but can be distinguished from it by the distinct yellowish-white antemedian band on the forewing. Forewing venation:
R
5
to termen, CuA
1
and CuA
2
are entirely merged together. Hind wing venation: M
3
merged with CuA
1
, and only three veins arising from the lower corner of the discal cell. Abdominal segments have more or less broad, triangular spinose zones, except on segment
VIII
(
Fig. 13F
).
Male genitalia
(
Figs. 13D, E
): See also the line drawing given by Viette ([1957],
Fig. 8
). Uncus broadened, concaved on caudal margin; cucullus thumb-shaped with rounded apex; aedeagus as long as valva, strongly bent medially, cornuti consisting of spinules in a long sac.
Distribution
.
Madagascar
. (Central region) (Viette, [1957]).