Torodora chrysotes Park & Koo, 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 : 582

Torodora chrysotes Park & Koo , sp. nov.

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( Figs. 4A–K )

Type material. Holotype. [ Uganda] male, Mpanga Forest , Mpigi, Uganda, 25.–30. XI. 2014 (LF, leg. W. Mey), gen. slide no. CIS-7268, wings slide no. CIS-7407 . Paratype. 1♂, same collected data with the holotype, gen. slide no. CIS-7051, wings slide no. KJM0217. All types are in MfN .

Diagnosis. This new species is similar in male superficial and genital characteristics to Torodora efulenensis Park, 2018 and T. planusa Park & De Prins, 2019 , respectively known from Cameroon and DR Congo. However, it can be distinguished by the following characteristics of the male genitalia: Basal 2/3 of medial process of gnathos remarkably broader than that of T. efulenensis and T. planusa ; cucullus about 2 times longer than basal part of valva in the new species, but cucullus about 1.5 times longer in T. efulenensis and T. planusa ; aedeagus stout, bent medially, gradually narrowed distally beyond basal half in the new species, but aedeagus bent at basal 1/3, then narrowed distally, broadly produced in apical part with rounded apex in T. efulenensis , and aedeagus nearly straight, relatively elongated with small crescent sclerite beyond basal 3/ 4 in T. planusa .

Description. Adult ( Figs. 4A, B, E–H ). Wingspan 12.0–13.0 mm. Head: Vertex yellowish brown with yellowishwhite scales medially. Antenna 0.7 times shorter than forewing, with elongated scape; scape yellowish white with dark brown scales on outer surface; flagellum filiform, not ciliate, yellowish white without annulations. 2 nd segment of labial palpus yellowish white ventrally and dark brown dorsally and basally on outer surface, yellowish white on inner surface; 3 rd segment 1.1 times longer than 2 nd segment, yellowish white with dark brown scales dorsally ( Figs. 4E, F ). Thorax: Notum and tegula yellowish brown. Forewing ground color evenly yellowish brown, without marking; apex obtuse; termen slightly concave medially; fringe concolorous with ground color; venation ( Fig. 4D ) with R 1 arising from near 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+5 2.4 times shorter than that of R 1 and R 2; R 3 stalked with R 4+5 for basal 3/10; R 4 and R 5 stalked for basal half, R 5 reaching slightly beyond apex; M 1 remote from R 3+4+5 at base; M 2 shortly stalked with M 3 at base; CuA 1 stalked with CuA 2 for basal 3/10; 1A+2A narrowly short-forked basally; discal cell closed. Hindwing ground color similar to that of forewing, slightly broader than forewing, with nearly straight costal margin beyond basal 1/3; apex produced; termen oblique, slightly concave medially; fringe concolorous with ground color; venation with M 2 well-developed; M 2 shortly stalked with M 3 at base; M 3 and CuA 1 stalked in basal half; cell weakly closed. Hindtibia yellowish brown in basal half, then yellowish white distally, with yellowish-brown marking on sub-distal end of outer surface ( Figs. 4G, H ). Abdomen ( Fig. 4K ): Ventral surface covered with light yellow scales. Spinose zones broadly developed on each I–VII tergite. Sternites weakly sclerotized; VIII sternite simple.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 4I, J ): Uncus elongated, with pointed apex, reached to apex of basal plate of gnathos. Median process of gnathos remarkably large in basal 2/3, then rapidly narrowed toward apex, strongly bent downward in distal 1/3. Teguman weakly sclerotized, concave into triangular shape on anterior margin. Valva upturned, broad at base, then rapidly narrowed before cucullus, with extended basal costa; cucullus narrowly elongated, densely setose, about 2 times longer than basal part of valva, with rounded apex. Vinculum narrow, heavily sclerotized. Juxta large, shield-shaped, slightly concave on caudal margin, lacking latero-caudal processes. Aedeagus stout, as long as cucullus, strongly bent medially, distal half narrowed; cornutus absent.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Uganda (Mpigi).

Etymology. The species name is derived from the Greek, chryso (= golden) with a Greek suffix, - etes, referring to the golden abdomen on the ventral surface.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Torodora chrysotes Park & Koo, sp. nov., holotype: A, adult, holotype; B, ventral view of adult; C, label; D, venation, wing slide no. KJM0217, paratype; E, outer surface of labial palpus; F, inner surface of labial palpus; G, outer surface of hindleg; H, inner surface of hindleg; I, male genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-7268; J, aedeagus; K, abdomen.