Fourteen new species of the genus Thubdora Park, 2018 (Lepidoptera Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae) from Uganda, and three new combinations in Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1897 from DR Congo Author Park, Kyu-Tek Author Mey, Wolfram Author Koo, Jun-Mo Author Prins, Jurate De Author Akite, Perpetra Author Cho, Soowon text Zootaxa 2020 2020-04-06 4759 4 451 487 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.1 4569c2ca-cbbb-49cb-8460-494916d5f3d8 1175-5326 3740949 131E86B0-BB4B-4D91-8F48-6F2A2207B424 1. Thubdora afropyralidis Park , sp. nov. ( Figs. 2 A–E) Type specimen. Holotype : female, Uganda , Kabarole District ., Kibale National Park , 36N TF 0582 6208, 1500 m , 19–24 x 2014 , leg. Leif Aarvik & Knud Larsen ; gen. slide no. CIS-7251, COI barcode CBNU080, deposited in NHMO . Paratypes : 1♀ , Western , Kibale Forest , Kanyawara 1520 m , 0°33’39’’N 30°21’27’’E , 23 x 2014 , leg. D.J.L. Agassiz ; gen. slide no. CIS-7094, COI barcode CBNU076, in NHMUK . Paratypes : 2♀ , Uganda , Kibale National Park , Biol. Field Station , 19–24 xi 2014 , LF, leg. W. Mey ; gen. slide no. CIS-7001, COI barcode CBNU053; gen. slide no. CIS-7038, COI barcode CBNU054, in MfN . Diagnosis. The new species is described only from females, and its status as a new species was confirmed by the comparison of COI sequences among allied species. The female genitalia can be distinguished from those of T. fruticosa , Park , sp. nov. , by the narrower, longer ductus bursae and the hood-shaped plate of the signum. Description. Female ( Figs. 2 A–D). Forewing length 10.5 mm . Head : Vertex dark purplish brown, with light orange erect scales laterally. Antenna ( Fig. 2B ) serrate, shorter than forewing; basal segment elongated, dilated distally, pale orange, speckled with dark-brown scales dorsally; flagellum light orange with dark-brown annulations in basal 1/4, dark brown medially, orange white in distal 1/3. Second segment of labial palpus thickened, saber-shaped, dark brown dorsally light orange ventrally; 3 rd segment slender, strongly upturned, as long as 2 nd segment, light orange dorsally, dark brown ventrally. Thorax : Notum and tegula dark purplish brown. Hind tibia dark brown on outer surface with orange-white band beyond middle and apex; orange white on inner surface; first tarsus dark brown, other tarsi orange white. Forewing ground color yellowish brown to dark brown, with purplish iridescence; antemedian fascia inconspicuous; costa slightly arched, lacking costal patch; apex obtuse; termen oblique; fringe concolorous with ground color, with narrow, orange-white basal line, usually inconspicuous; venation ( Fig. 2D ) with R 1 strongly bent outwardly near base, R 3 and R 4 stalked for basal 2/5, R 4 reaching before apex; R 5 absent; M 1 close to R 3+4 at base; M 2 arising from lower corner of cell; M 3 parallel to M 2 ; M 3 , CuA 1 and CuA 2 on a common stalk. Hind wing yellowish brown. Abdomen ( Fig. 2C ): Purplish brown to brown, lighter posteriorly. Female genitalia ( Fig. 2E ):Abdominal sternite VII deeply concave in U-shape medially, as deep as nearly half the length of segment VII. Ostium bursae slightly concave with acute latero-caudal processes. Antrum elongated, connecting membranous swollen posterior part of ductus bursae. Ductus bursae narrow, gradually broadened posteriorly, broadened in anterior half; ductus seminalis arising from near middle of ductus bursae. Corpus bursae ovate; signum large, hood-shaped, with broad, transverse groove medially; posterior margin forming a long, bell-shaped expansion; anterior margin shortly produced, convex medially. Male unknown. Distribution. Uganda ( Kabarole Distr. ). Etymology. This species name is derived from the Latin, afer (= Africa) + pyralis (= moth).