Torodora cameronella (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 : 169-170

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

( Figs. 13 A–E)

Lecithocera cameronella Viette, [1957] : 222. TL: Ankaratra massif, Manjakatompo.

Type. 1♂ (holotype), Central Madagascar, Ankaratra massif, Manjakatompo, Ambahona forest, alt. 1,850 m, 20 xii 1951 (collecting no. 81), P. Viette leg.; Muséum Paris, Mission P. Viette, Sept. 1951 - March 1952; Lecithocera cameronella n. sp., Holotype ♂, P. Viette; genitalia: prep. P. Viette no. 2761.

Adult ( Figs. 13A, B ). Wingspan, 11.5 mm. This species has a forewing colour pattern similar to that of Torodora lecithocerella in having a well-developed yellowish-white antemedian band and a weak postmedian band. These two species can be distinguished by the colour of the head: yellowish brown in M. cameronella , but greyish white in M. lecithocerella ; and the postmedian band is less convex in M. cameronella . It is also similar to Torodora hildebrandtella (Viette, [1957]) , but can be distinguished from it by the distinct yellowish-white antemedian band on the forewing. Forewing venation: R 5 to termen, CuA 1 and CuA 2 are entirely merged together. Hind wing venation: M 3 merged with CuA 1, and only three veins arising from the lower corner of the discal cell. Abdominal segments have more or less broad, triangular spinose zones, except on segment VIII ( Fig. 13F ).

Male genitalia ( Figs. 13D, E ): See also the line drawing given by Viette ([1957], Fig. 8 ). Uncus broadened, concaved on caudal margin; cucullus thumb-shaped with rounded apex; aedeagus as long as valva, strongly bent medially, cornuti consisting of spinules in a long sac.

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

Figures

FIGURE 8. Torodora hiarakella (Viette, 1988), comb. nov.: A, holotype; B, labels; C, male genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 5755; D, aedeagus; E, abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia and aedeagus: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 13. Torodora cameronella (Viette, [1957]), comb. nov.: A, holotype; B, labels; C, male genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 2761; D, aedeagus; E abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia and aedeagus: 0.5 mm.