Thubdora ambliodes Park, 2018

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 : 455

2. Thubdora ambliodes Park, 2018

( Figs. 3 A–E)

Thubdora ambliodes Park, 2018: 1091 . TL: Efulen, Cameroon. [CMP]

Material examined. 1♂, Uganda, Central , Mabira Forest, 0˚23ʹ56ʹʹN 33˚0ʹ43ʹʹE, 1200 m, 10 iii 2013, D Agassiz & M. Ngugi; gen. slide no. CIS-7278, COI barcode CBNU123 ; 1♂, 2♀, same data as holotype, 9–10 iii 2013; gen. slide no. CIS-7277(♂); CIS-7273(♀), COI barcode CBNU122, deposited in NHMUK .

Diagnosis. This species is the smallest of the genus known to date, with a forewing length of 5.0 mm. It can also be distinguished from congeners by the male and female genitalia ( Figs. 3C, D, E ) (also see Park, 2018: figs. 20‒22).

Remarks. The species was described from Cameroon and is herein reported for the first time from Uganda. The adult and the male genitalia were recently illustrated by Park (2018), but they are illustrated here for a comparison with its allies, based on specimens collected in Uganda.

Distribution. Uganda (Central, Mabira: new record), Cameroon.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Thubdora ambliodes Park, 2018:A, adult; B, labial palpus; C, male genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-7278; D, aedeagus; E, female genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-7273. Scale bar for genitalia and aedeagus: 1.0 mm.