Thubdora nemophorella (Ghesquière, 1940) 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 : 481

3. Thubdora nemophorella (Ghesquière, 1940) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 22 A–E)

Ptilothyris nemophorella Ghesquière, 1940: 107 . TL: DR Congo. [RMCA].

Material examined. 1♂ (holotype), DR Congo, Eala [95 km E of Mbandaka], ix 1935, leg. J. Ghesquière, gen. slide no. CIS-7097, deposited in RMCA .

Male genitalia ( Figs. 22C, D ): Characterized by uncus bifurcated, with more or less slender latero-caudal processes; valva elongated, with large concavity in basal part; cucullus narrowed toward apex; juxta rectangular, forked in U-shape caudally, with slender, heavily sclerotized caudal processes.

Distribtion. DR Congo (Eala) (Ghesquière 1940).

Remarks. The forewing pattern is similar to that of Ptilothyris Walsingham , but the antenna is serrate, not bipectinate, and the uncus is bifurcate caudally. Thus, this species is transferred to Thubdora , but it needs further study when additional material is available.

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FIGURE 22. Thubdora nemophorella (Ghesquiere):A, adult, holotype; B, label; C, male genitalia, holotype, gen. slide no. CIS- 7097, D, aedeagus, holotype; E. abdominal segments, holotype. Scale bar for genitalia and aedeagus: 1.0 mm.