Torodora leucochlora ( Meyrick, 1910 ) Meyrick, 1910

Park, Kyu-Tek & Lee, Sangmi, 2012, Two new species of the Torodora karismata species complex and a new species of the Torodora leucochlora species complex (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Torodorinae), Zootaxa 3547, pp. 46-54 : 51

Torodora leucochlora ( Meyrick, 1910) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 10, 10 a, 15, 15a, 15b)

Lecithocera leucochlora Meyrick, 1910 . Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 58: 448. Habrogenes leucochlora ; Clarke, 1965. Microl. Palaearc. 5: 72.

Diagnosis. Female ( Fig. 9 ). Wingspan, 16–18 mm. The species is clearly distinguished by the whitish wings, body, and appendages. However, the species is hardly distinguishable from the following new species by superficial morphology.

Male genitalia. See Clarke (1965, pl. 36, 2a, 2b).

Description of female genitalia ( Figs. 15, 15 a, 15b). Caudal margin of abdominal sternite VIII deeply emarginate in U-shape medially, its depth about half length of segment. Antrum broad, bowl-shaped, as wide as width of segment VIII, short, weakly sclerotized; caudal margin nearly flat. Ductus bursae long, more than three times of corpus bursae, twice coiled, with sparse, fine conic spinules internally. Corpus bursae elongate; signum large, elongate, as long as corpus bursae, densely scobinate.

Material examined. 1Ƥ, “Matang Rd. (near Kuching), 12 xi 1909 ”, deposited in the RMNH; 1Ƥ, 4 miles Rock Rd new design, 4 Dec. 1909, gen. slide no. CIS- 6047/Park.

Distribution. Kuching, Malaysian Borneo.

Remarks. Meyrick (1910) described this species, placing it in Lecithocera , based on two specimens (a male and a female), and noted ”Kuching (Hewitt), Borneo, in October and November“. Clarke (1965) designated the male specimen (Kuching, Borneo, JH. 30.10.00) as “ lectotype ” and illustrated the male genitalia (slide no. 8871). In the collection of the RMNH, the author found a female specimen, labelled as the lectotype, which is probably a syntype, as well as one additional female specimen, labelled “Matang Rd, Nov. 12 1909 ” ( Fig. 10 a).

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 13. Adults and wing venation of T. leucochlora species-complex. 10, T. leucochlora (Meyrick), lectotype; 10 a, Label of T. leucochlora; 11, T. niphadodes sp. nov., holotype; 12, ditto, female, paratype; 12 a, ditto, labial palpus; 12 b, ditto, hind leg; 13, ditto, wing venation.

FIGURES 6 – 9. Genitalia of T. karismata species-complex. 6, Male genitalia of T. parakarismata Park, sp. nov., holotype; 6 a, ditto, close-up of juxta; 6 b, ditto, phallus; 7, T. karismata Park; 7 a, ditto, close-up of juxta; 7 b, ditto, phallus; 8, Female genitalia of T. sabahana Park, sp. nov., holotype; 8 a, close-up of ostium and antrum; 8 b, close-up of signum; 9, Female genitalia of T. karismata. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURES 14 – 16. Genitalia of T. leucochlora species-complex. 14, Male genitalia of Torodora niphadodes Park, sp. nov., paratype; 14 a, ditto, phallus; 14 b, ditto close-up of uncus and gnathos; 14 c, ditto, close-up of juxta; 15, Female genitalia of T. leucochlora (Meyrick), lectotype; 15 a, ditto, close-up of antrum; 15 b, ditto, close-up of signum; 16, T. niphadodes Park, sp. nov., paratype; 16 a, ditto, close-up of antrum.