Torodora chinanensis Park, 2003

Park, Kyu-Tek, 2007, A review of the Torodora manoconta species-group (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 1465, pp. 55-64 : 60

Torodora chinanensis Park, 2003

( Figs. 4 , 11, 11a)

Torodora chinanensis Park, 2003 . J. Asia- Pacific Entom. 6: 16, fig. 2, 7, 7a. TL: Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Diagnosis. Forewing length 25 mm. The species is the largest in the group with a large, yellowish triangular patch on inner margin of the forewing mesially. The male genitalia are distinguished from those of other species by the straight lateral lobes of the juxta and the cornuti.

Male genitalia (Figs. 11, 11a; also see also Park, 2003: figs. 7, 7a). Jjuxta and cornuti diagnostic: lateral lobe of juxta more heavily sclerotized, more slender, nearly straight, with pointed apex; cornuti consist of a pair of slender bars and a separate, short conical spine: the bars arise together, longer, about 3/4 length of aedeagus, S-shaped; shorter one about one half as long.

Material examined. Taiwan: 1ɗ, Chinanshan, Kaohsiung Co., 14.VIII.1933, Issiki coll., 1972, gen. slide no. USNM-92451. Type deposited in USNM.

Distribution. Taiwan (Kaohshiung).

Remarks. The species was described from a single male from Taiwan, and no additional specimens have been found.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Adults. 1, Torodora manoconta Wu & Liu; 2, T. epitriona Park (holotype); 3, T. vietnamensis sp. nov. (paratype); 4, T. chinanensis Park (holotype); 5, T. babeana sp. nov. (paratype); 6, T. spinula Park (holotype); 7, T. rectivalvata sp. nov. (holotype)