A review of the Torodora manoconta species-group (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae), with descriptions of three new species
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
text
Zootaxa
2007
1465
55
64
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273738
2bc23394-e38c-4169-a5a8-0bc4284df931
1175-5326
273738
Torodora epitriona
Park, 2002
(
Figs. 2
, 9, 9a)
Torodora epitriona
Park, 2002
. Ins. Koreana 19: 152, figs. 5, 23, 23a. TL: Chiang Mai,
Thailand
[ZMUC].
Diagnosis.
Forewing length 16.0 mm. This species is among the smaller species of the
manoconta
-group. It can be distinguished from its allies by features of the male genitalia used in the key.
Male genitalia (Figs. 9, 9a; also see
Park, 2002
: figs. 23, 23a). Separated from its allies by a clavate uncus with smaller apex; lateral lobe of juxta slender, curved outwardly, with sharply pointed apex; cornutus shorter, about 1/3 length of aedeagus; 8th sternum longer, broadly convex on caudal margin mesially.
Material examined
.
Thailand
: 1ɗ, Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep-pui,
1650 m
,
17–28.X.1984
(
holotype
), gen. prep. no. CIS-4839.
Distribution
.
Thailand
(Chiang Mai).
Remarks.
The species was described from a single male from
Thailand
; no additional specimens have been found.
FIGURES 8–11.
Male genitalia (a: aedeagus, b: 7th– 8th segments): 8,
Torodora manoconta
Wu & Liu
, gen. slide no. CIS-4183; 9,
T. epitriona
Park
, gen. slide no. CIS-4839; 10,
T. vietnamensis
sp. nov.
, gen. slide no. CIS-4953,
holotype
; 10a–b,
T. vietnamensis
,
paratype
; 10c,
T. vietnamensis
, juxta with lateral lobes of
paratype
; 11,
T. chinanensis
Park
, gen. slide no. USNM-92451.