Torodora spinula 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 : 62

Torodora spinula Park, 2002

( Figs. 6 , 13, 13 a)

Torodora spinula Park, 2002 . Ins. Koreana 19: 154, fig. 24. TL: Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Diagnosis. Forewing length 13.0–13.5 mm. This species is one of the smallest in the manoconta speciesgroup. The forewing ground color is paler than most members of the group. It can be distinguished from other species of the group by features of the male genitalia.

Male genitalia (Figs. 10, 10a; also see Park, 2002: fig 24). Entire structure similar to other members of the group, but easily distinguished by the funnel-shaped uncus; valva with a short spine on outer margin; and juxta with short, somewhat triangular latero-caudal lobes, with a sclerotized crescent-shaped median flap. Material examined. Thailand: 1ɗ, Nakohn Nayok, Kao Yai, 800 m, 24.IX.1987, gen. slide no. CIS-5246. Distribution. Thailand (Chiang Mai, Nakhon Nayok).

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)

FIGURES 12 – 14. 12, T. babeana sp. nov., gen. slide no. CIS- 5242; 12 a – b, T. babeana, aedeagus of paratype; 12 c, T. babeana, juxta with lateral lobes of paratype; 13, T. spinula Park, gen. slide no. CIS- 5246; 14, T. rectivalvata sp. nov., gen. slide no. CIS- 4960. Scale bars: 1 mm.