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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1175-5326
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Parkiana rabenoroi
(
Viette, 1988
)
,
comb. nov.
(
Figs. 3
A–F)
Lecithocera rabenoroi
Viette, 1988: 102
. TL:
Amber Mountain
,
Les
Roussettes.
Type.
1♀
(
holotype
),
North
Madagascar
,
Amber Mountain
(Montagne d’Ambre),
Les Roussettes
, alt.
1,000 m
,
8 xii 1958
,
P. Viette
leg.;
P.E.L. Viette
det. 1988,
Lecithocera rabenoroi
n. sp.
,
Holotype
,
♀
; genitalia: prep.
P. Viette
no. 5751.
Adults
(
Figs. 3A, B
). Wingspan,
12 mm
. The species is superficially characterized by the forewing with distinct, yellowish-white narrow antemedian band and the antenna with distinct dark annulets. The hind wing with M
3
and CuA
1
coincident. Abdominal segments have spinose zones with sparse spines on dorsal surface (
Fig. 3F
).
FIGURE 3.
Parkiana rabenoroi
(
Viette, 1988
)
,
comb. nov.
: A, holotype; B, labels; C, female genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 5751; D, ditto, close-up of ostium bursae; E, ditto, close-up corpus bursae; F, abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia: 0.5 mm.
Female genitalia
(
Figs. 3
C–E): See also the line drawing given by
Viette (1988
,
Fig. 7
). Abdominal sternite
VIII
deeply emarginated into U-shape medially. Apophyses anteriores about 2/5 length of apophyses posteriores. Antrum bowl-shaped. Ductus bursae as long as corpus bursae. Corpus bursae ovate, heavily wrinkled; signa consist of more than 10 strong conic spines.
Remarks.
The antenna and the forewing colour pattern of the species are well in accordance with those of
Parkiana
, but the female genitalia are very characteristic with more than 10 strong conic spines in the corpus bursae.
Distribution
.
Madagascar
(North) (
Viette, 1988
).