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 chinanensis
Park, 2003
(
Figs. 4
, 11, 11a)
Torodora chinanensis
Park, 2003
. J. Asia- Pacific Entom. 6: 16, fig. 2, 7, 7a. TL: Kaohsiung,
Taiwan
.
Diagnosis
. Forewing length
25 mm
. The species is the largest in the group with a large, yellowish triangular patch on inner margin of the forewing mesially. The male genitalia are distinguished from those of other species by the straight lateral lobes of the juxta and the cornuti.
Male genitalia (Figs. 11, 11a; also see also
Park, 2003
: figs. 7, 7a). Jjuxta and cornuti diagnostic: lateral lobe of juxta more heavily sclerotized, more slender, nearly straight, with pointed apex; cornuti consist of a pair of slender bars and a separate, short conical spine: the bars arise together, longer, about 3/4 length of aedeagus, S-shaped; shorter one about one half as long.
Material examined
.
Taiwan
: 1ɗ, Chinanshan, Kaohsiung Co.,
14.VIII.1933
, Issiki coll., 1972, gen. slide no. USNM-92451.
Type
deposited in
USNM
.
Distribution.
Taiwan
(Kaohshiung).
Remarks.
The species was described from a single male from
Taiwan
, and no additional specimens have been found.