Thubdora crocophracta ( Meyrick, 1938 ) Park & Mey & Koo & Prins & Akite & Cho, 2020

Park, Kyu-Tek, Mey, Wolfram, Koo, Jun-Mo, Prins, Jurate De, Akite, Perpetra & Cho, Soowon, 2020, Fourteen new species of the genus Thubdora Park, 2018 (Lepidoptera Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae) from Uganda, and three new combinations in Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1897 from DR Congo, Zootaxa 4759 (4), pp. 451-487 : 480-481

2. Thubdora crocophracta ( Meyrick, 1938) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 21 A–F)

Ptilothyris crocophracta Meyrick, 1938: 18 . TL: DR Congo. [RMCA, NHMUK].

Material examined. 1♂ (lectotype hereby designated), DR Congo, Kamatembe , 2100 m, iv 1934, leg. F. De White, gen. slide no. CIS-7217, in RMCA. Other paralectotypes in NHMUK; additional specimen : 1♂, Kenya, Lift Valley , Turi 8000ft, 14 i 1999, DJL Agassiz, gen. slide no. CIS-7103 .

Male genitalia ( Figs. 21 C–E): Characterized by the uncus broadened distally with widely flattened, even slightly sinuate caudal margin, as wide as the basal plate of gnathos; valva with broad expansion medially on ventral margin; juxta with large triangular caudal plate; and aedeagus with a large cluster of spines apically.

Distribution. DR Congo (Kamatembe) ( Meyrick 1938), Kenya (new record).

Remarks. As noted in the preceding species, T. crocophracta (Meyrick) is externally similar to T. brachysema (Meyrick) , but it can be distinguished by having a distinct median band on the forewing, reaching to the inner margin; and male genitalia with the uncus with widely flattened caudal margin, and the juxta with a large, well-developed, triangular caudal process.

Figures

FIGURE 21. Thubdora crocophracta (Meyrick): A, adult, lectotype; B, lectotype label; C, male genitalia, lectotype, gen. slide no. CIS-7217; D, aedeagus, lectotype; E, lateral view, lectotype; F, abdominal segment V–VIII, lectotype. Scale bar for genitalia and aedeagus: 1.0 mm.