Torodora decaryella ( Viette, 1955 ) 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 : 162-163

Torodora decaryella ( Viette, 1955) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 7 A–E)

Lecithocera decaryella Viette 1955: 109 . TL: Périnet.

Thubdora decavella (sic!); Park 2018: 1085.

Type. 1♂ (holotype), Central eastern Madagascar, near Périnet, alt. ca. 700 m [recte 910 m], Analamazoatra forest [recte Analamazaotra], [no date of capture], R. Decary leg.; 1921, Muséum Paris; Lecithocera decaryella n. sp., Holotype ♂; Type; genitalia: prep. P. Viette no. 2786.

Adult ( Figs. 7A, B ). Wingspan, 17 mm. The main diagnostic characters of the species include the sharply produced apex of the forewing and the mustard-brown hind wing ground colour, and the juxta of male genitalia with long, club-shaped caudal processes. Abdomen ( Fig. 7E ) have spinose zones, forming a narrow band along posterior margin from segment I to VII.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 7C, D ): See also the line drawing given by Viette (1955, Fig. 29). Uncus extremely broad, about 1/3 width of tegumen. Valva broad basally, then narrowed; cucullus foot-shaped, densely setose. Juxta with long, clavate caudal lobes. Aedeagus stout, longer than valva.

Remarks. The species was previously transferred to Thubdora by Park (2018), but it is now assigned to this genus Torodora , due to the venations of both wings.

Distribution. Madagascar (East) ( Viette, 1955).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Torodora decaryella (Viette, 1955), comb. nov.: A, holotype; B, labels; C, male genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 2786; D, aedeagus; E, abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia and aedeagus: 0.5 mm.