Torodora perrierella ( Viette, 1985 ) Park & Koo & Minet, 2020

Park, Kyu-Tek, Koo, Jun-Mo & Minet, Joël, 2020, Review of the Malagasy lecithocerid species described by Pierre Viette and deposited in MNHN (Paris), with new generic combinations and descriptions of a new subfamily and genus of Momphidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), Zootaxa 4845 (2), pp. 151-190 : 167-168

Torodora perrierella ( Viette, 1985) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 11 A–E)

Lecithocera perrierella Viette, 1985: 20 . TL: Tsaratanana.

Type. 1♀ (holotype), North Madagascar, Tsaratanana massif, trail from Mangindrano to Maromokotra, north of the 2362 m high peak, alt. 2,310 m, 9–12 xi 1966; Tsaratanana expedition (xi 1966), camp no. 2, P. Griveaud, P. Soga, P. Viette and D. Wintrebert leg.; Lecithocera perrierella n. sp., Holotype, P. Viette; genitalia: prep. P. Viette no. 5693.

Adults ( Figs. 11A, B ). Wingspan, 26–27 mm. The species is one of the largest species of the genus, and the forewing with greyish-orange ground colour. Abdominal segments have more or less triangular spinose zones on segments II–VII; segments I and VIII rarely spinose ( Fig. 11E ).

Female genitalia ( Figs. 11C, D ): See also the line drawing given by Viette (1985, Fig. 17 ). Abdominal sternite VIII incised in V-shape medially. Apophyses anteriores longer than 1/2 length of apophyses posteriores. Ductus bursae membraneous, narrowed in anterior 1/3; ductus seminalis arising from posterior end of narrowed part. Corpus bursae large, elongated; signum broad, about 3/4 width of corpus bursae, with various sizes of strong spines.

Distribution. Madagascar (North) ( Viette, 1985).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Torodora perrierella (Viette, 1985), comb. nov.: A, holotype; B, labels; C, female genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 5693; D, ditto, close-up of signum; E, abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 17. Dichomeris paulianella (Viette, 1955), comb. nov.: A, holotype; B, retinaculum beneath forewing; C. Lateral view of head; D, labels; E, female genitalia, prep. J. Minet no. 1665; F, ditto, posterior part of ductus bursae and base of ductus seminalis; G, abdomen. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.