Torodora pentagona Park, 2002

Park, Kyu-Tek & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2017, Descriptions of two new species of Torodorinae (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae), with three new records of Torodora Meyrick from Laos, Zootaxa 4268 (2), pp. 285-290 : 290

Torodora pentagona Park, 2002

( Figs. 11, 12, 12 a)

Torodora pentagona Park, 2002: 160 . TL: Nakhon Noyak, Thailand.

Diagnosis. Wingspan 14.0 mm. This species is superficially similar to T. aritai Park, 2002 , known also from Thailand, but it can be distinguished from its allies by the pentagonal-shape of the uncus in the male genitalia

Male genitalia ( Figs.12, 12 a). See also Park (2002, Figs. 32, 32a–b).

Material examined. 1 6, Ban Tha, Xiengkhouang Prov., 7 viii 2016, 1,298 m, (19°45'N, 103°33'E), coll. Bae YS et al., gen. slide no. CIS-6834, -6836.

Distribution. Laos (new record, Xiengkhouang Prov.), Thailand (Nakhon Noyak).

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. Adults and male genitalia of Torodora species: 7, adult of T. sirtalis Wu; 8, ditto, male genitalia; 8 a, ditto, aedeagus; 9, adult of T. phuruaensis Park; 10, ditto, male genitalia; 10 a, ditto, aedeagus; 11, adult of Torodora pentagona Park; 12, ditto, male genitalia; 12 a, ditto, aedeagus. Scale bar: 1 mm.