Torodora epitriona Park, 2002

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 : 57-58

Torodora epitriona Park, 2002

( Figs. 2 , 9, 9a)

Torodora epitriona Park, 2002 . Ins. Koreana 19: 152, figs. 5, 23, 23a. TL: Chiang Mai, Thailand [ZMUC].

Diagnosis. Forewing length 16.0 mm. This species is among the smaller species of the manoconta -group. It can be distinguished from its allies by features of the male genitalia used in the key.

Male genitalia (Figs. 9, 9a; also see Park, 2002: figs. 23, 23a). Separated from its allies by a clavate uncus with smaller apex; lateral lobe of juxta slender, curved outwardly, with sharply pointed apex; cornutus shorter, about 1/3 length of aedeagus; 8th sternum longer, broadly convex on caudal margin mesially.

Material examined. Thailand: 1ɗ, Chiang Mai, Doi Suthep-pui, 1650 m, 17–28.X.1984 (holotype), gen. prep. no. CIS-4839.

Distribution. Thailand (Chiang Mai).

Remarks. The species was described from a single male from Thailand; no additional specimens have been found.

FIGURES 8–11. Male genitalia (a: aedeagus, b: 7th– 8th segments): 8, Torodora manoconta Wu & Liu , gen. slide no. CIS-4183; 9, T. epitriona Park , gen. slide no. CIS-4839; 10, T. vietnamensis sp. nov., gen. slide no. CIS-4953, holotype; 10a–b, T. vietnamensis , paratype; 10c, T. vietnamensis , juxta with lateral lobes of paratype; 11, T. chinanensis Park , gen. slide no. USNM-92451.

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)