Torodora hildebrandtella (Viette, [1957]) Park & Koo & Minet, 2020

Park, Kyu-Tek, Koo, Jun-Mo & Minet, Joël, 2020, 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), Zootaxa 4845 (2), pp. 151-190 : 170-171

Torodora hildebrandtella (Viette, [1957]) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 14 A–F)

Lecithocera hildebrandtella Viette, [1957] : 220. TL: Ankaratra massif, Manjakatompo.

Type. 1♂ (holotype), Central Madagascar, Ankaratra massif, Manjakatompo, Ambahona forest, alt. 1850 m, 21 xii 1951 (collecting no. 82), P. Viette leg.; Lecithocera hildebrandtella n. sp., Holotype ♂, P. Viette; genitalia: prep. P. Viette no. 2757.

Additional specimen: 1♂, East Madagascar, near 3rd Integral Natural Reserve [Zahamena National Park], Nosivola, alt. 1000 m, P. Viette leg., 19 xi [19]54, P. Viette; gen. slide no. CIS-7385/ Park, wing slide no. CIS-7255 .

Adult ( Figs. 14A, B, F ). Wingspan, 16 mm. Re-description for the venation ( Fig. 14F ): forewing with R 1 arising from before middle of cell, nearly straight from base; distance between R 1 and R 2 at base about twice length of R 2 and R 3; R 3 stalked with R 4+5 for about basal 1/3; R 4 and R 5 stalked for about 2/3; R 5 to termen; M 1 remote from R 3+4 at base; M 2 much closer to M 3 than M 1, nearly parallel to M 1; M 3 free, arising from near lower corner of cell; CuA 1 and CuA 2 coincident; 1A+2A not forked at base; cell closed. Hind wing with M 3 merged with CuA 1; cell closed. Abdomen ( Fig. 14E ) with narrow, banded spinose zones along posterior margin on segments II to VII; abdominal segment VIII simple, without specifically modified sclerites or hair pencils.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 14C, D ): See also the line drawing given by Viette ([1957], Fig. 9 ). Uncus short, broadened, concave on caudal margin. Valva broad in basal part, abruptly narrowed; cucullus slender, strongly upturned beyond middle, densely setose. Juxta shield-shaped, with short, triangular latero-caudal lobes. Aedeagus bent nearly in S-shape, longer than valva, produced with a ladle-like plate dorso-apically; cornuti consist of numerous spinules in a large sac.

Remarks. Viette ([1957]) considered possible affinities of this species with Lecithocera sceptrarcha Meyrick, 1920 , which is known from Kenya, but L. sceptrarcha belongs to the subfamily Lecithocerinae .

Distribution. Madagascar (Central region) (Viette, [1957]) and eastern region.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Torodora kambanella (Viette, 1986):A, holotype; B, labels; C, hind wing (ventral surface); D, male genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 3810; E, aedeagus; F, abdomen. Scale bar for genitalia and aedeagus: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 14. Torodora hildebrandtella (Viette, [1957]), comb. nov.: A, holotype; B, labels; C, male genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 2757; C'; close-up of uncus, gen. prep. no. CIS-7385/Park; D, aedeagus; E, abdomen; F, forewing venation, specimen from Zahamena. Scale bar for the genitalia and aedeagus: 0.5 mm.