Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Madagascar: I. Descriptions of eighteen new species of Torodora Meyrick, 1894
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
# 108 - 508 Semteo Vill., Irwon-ro 120, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06356 Korea.
Author
Koo, Jun-Mo
Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644 Korea.
Author
Minet, Joël
0000-0002-4404-1635
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, ISYEB, Entomologie (C. P. 50), 45, rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France. joel. minet @ mnhn. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4404 - 1635
joel.minet@mnhn.fr
Author
Razafindranaivo, Victor
Department of Entomology, University of Antananarivo BP 906, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-04-13
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14.
Torodora ochrizona
Park & Minet
,
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 16
)
LSID:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
D559B818-9995-45A8-B50C-F2D8BF37FF7D
Type specimen
.
Holotype
:
Male
,
East
Madagascar
,
Ifanadiana district
, near
Ranomafana
, alt.
700 m
,
30 iii 1955
, leg.
P. Viette
; gen. slide no. CIS-7365 (in
MNHN
).
Diagnosis.
This new species can be easily distinguished from its congeners by its broad, yellowish white, antemedian and postmedian bands (with a narrow band of the same color along the inner margin of the forewing).
Description.
Male (
Figs. 16A–C
). Wingspan, 16.0 mm.
Head
: yellowish white dorsally, with yellowishwhite erect scales laterally. Antenna slightly longer than forewing; scape elongated, yellowish white all around; flagellum yellowish white, without annulations. 2
nd
segment of labial palpus (
Fig. 16C
) thickened, with rough scales ventrally, dark brown in basal 1/3 dorsally, yellowish brown on outer surface with pale orange band along ventral edge, yellowish white on inner surface; 3
rd
segment strongly upturned, as long as 2
nd
segment, yellowish white.
Thorax
: tegula dark brown; thorax yellowish white dorsally. Hind tibia with dark-brown scales dorsally; its apex white. Forewing slightly broadened distally; costa arched around 1/3, nearly straight medially, then slightly convex beyond postmedian band; ground color dark brown; antemedian band broad; postmedian band slightly broadened near costa, nearly straight; a yellowish-white band along inner margin; apex rather acute; termen slightly sinuate, concave above middle; fringe pale brownish; venation with R
5
to apex; base of M
2
remote from M
3
; M
3
free; CuA
1
and CuA
2
stalked. Hind wing ground color grayish; venation complete, base of M
2
nearly connate with M
3
+ CuA
1;
M
3
and CuA
1
stalked for basal 1/2.
Abdomen
: dark brown dorsally, white on tergum VII and brownish orange on tergum VIII; spinose zones on terga rather inconspicuous (
Fig. 16F
).
Male genitalia
(
Figs. 16D, E
): Uncus slender, tapering distally, extending clearly beyond caudal margin of basal plate of gnathos. Basal plate of gnathos somewhat semi-ovate, sclerotized; median process very small, broad basally, narrowed with sharply pointed apex. Tegumen somewhat short, quadrate, strongly angled at latero-distal corners. Valva broad basally; costa with its ventral margin rather straight in basal 1/3, then abruptly oblique; sacculus broadly developed; cucullus slightly narrowed basally, then dilated distally with rounded upper margin. Vinculum a narrow band. Juxta with a pair of triangular median processes; latero-caudal lobes short, somewhat triangular. Aedeagus slightly longer than valva, as broad as distal part of cucullus; cornuti consisting of a bundle of setae and a large sack with minute spinules.
FIGURE 16.
Torodora ochrizona
Park & Minet
,
sp. nov.
: A, adult, male (holotype); B, head and thorax, dorsal view; C, head with labial palpus, lateral view; D, male genitalia (slide no. CIS-7365); E, ditto, aedeagus; F, abdomen.
Female unknown.
Distribution.
Madagascar
(eastern region).
Etymology.
The species name is derived from the Latin substantive
zona
(= a belt), referring to the welldeveloped, pale yellowish, transverse bands of the forewing.