Spiniola hanaro Park, 2022

Park, Kyu-Tek & Koo, Jun-Mo, 2022, Description of Spiniola hanaro Park, gen. and sp. nov., and three new species of Torodora Meyrick, 1894 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from the Afrotropical Region, Zootaxa 5092 (5), pp. 576-586 : 578

Spiniola hanaro Park , sp. nov.

LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8624065E-8690-45F1-A24C-8EA73F96FF32

( Figs. 2A–J )

Type material. Holotype. [ Malawi] male, Ruo Gorge, Mulanje District, Southern Region , Malawi, 915 m, 7. ii. 2004 (leg. L. Aarvik), gen. slide no. CIS-7442, wings slide no. KJM0215, deposited in NHMO.

Diagnosis. See diagnosis of the genus in the present article.

Description. Adult ( Figs. 2A, C–F ). Wingspan 12.0 mm. Head: Vertex light brown with grayish-orange erect scales laterally. Antenna 0.8 times shorter than forewing; scape grayish orange with dark brown scales on outer surface; flagellum light yellow throughout, without annulations, finely ciliate ventrally. 2 nd segment of labial palpus thickened, dark brown on outer surface, grayish orange on inner surface; 3 rd segment 0.8 times shorter than 2 nd segment, dark brown on outer surface, grayish orange on inner surface ( Figs. 2C, D ). Thorax: Notum dark brown with light brown tegula. Forewing slightly dilated distally, without any markings; ground color light brown; costa slightly arched in basal 3/5, then nearly straight, curved toward apex in distal 1/5; apex obtuse; termen slightly oblique, not sinuate; fringe concolorous with ground color; venation ( Fig. 2G ) with R 1 arising from basal 3/5 of discal cell; R 2 arising near the upper corner of cell; distance between origins of R 2 and R 3+4 about 3.6 times shorter than that of R 1 and R 2; R 3 stalked with R 4 for about basal 1/4; R 4 reaching before apex; R 5 absent; M 1 remote from R 3+4 at base; M 2 absent; M 3 remote from CuA 1+2; CuA 1 and CuA 2 shortly stalked; 1A+2A shortly forked at base; discal cell closed. Hindwing slightly broader than forewing; ground color brownish gray, with nearly straight costal margin beyond basal 1/3; apex obtuse; termen slightly concave medially; fringe concolorous with ground color; venation with M 2 absent; M 3 stalked with CuA 1 for basal 1/4; discal cell weakly opened. Hindtibia grayish orange with concolorous rough scales ( Figs. 2E, F ). Abdomen ( Fig. 2J ): Spinose zones about 4 times wider than length in posterior half of each II–VII tergite. Anterior margin of VIII tergite heavily sclerotized, narrowed concavely towards anteromedial apex.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 2H, I ): Uncus elongated, exceeding apex of basal plate of gnathos. Median process of gnathos gradually narrowed, slightly bent in apical 1/7, with pointed apex. Tegumen weakly sclerotized, concave into inverted funnel-shape at anterior medial margin. Valva broad at base, slightly narrower toward cucullus, with small expansion at base anteriorly; costa extended at base; cucullus shortly developed, less than half of basal part of valva, thumb-like, upturned, with dense setae mainly along ventral margin. Saccus heavily sclerotized, spinelike, sharply pointed. Juxta bowl-shaped, slightly concave dorso-medially, with one pair of caudal processes arising from one on each latero-medial margin; latero-caudal process slender with rounded apex having three setae, weakly sclerotized, nearly same length as juxta. Aedeagus stout, slightly shorter than valva, narrowed at distal 1/5; cornuti consisting of 9 strong, long spines.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Malawi (Mulanje).

Etymology. This species name is derived from a Korean term, hanaro , meaning “all together”.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Spiniola hanaro Park, gen. et sp. nov., holotype: A, adult; B, label; C, outer surface of labial palpus; D, inner surface of labial palpus; E, outer surface of hindleg; F, inner surface of hindleg; G, venation, wings slide no. KJM0215; H, male genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-7442, with close-up of caudal process apex of juxta; I, aedeagus, with close-up of cornuti; J, abdomen.