Torodora Meyrick, 1894

Yu, Shuai, Zhu, Yanmei & Wang, Shuxia, 2022, Eighteen new species and fifteen new records of the genus Torodora Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from China, Zootaxa 5133 (1), pp. 1-39 : 2-3

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6520713

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Torodora Meyrick, 1894
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Torodora Meyrick, 1894 View in CoL

Torodora Meyrick, 1894 View in CoL . Type species: Torodora characteris Meyrick, 1894 View in CoL , by original designation.

Habrogenes Meyrick, 1918 View in CoL . Type species: Habrogenes eupatris Meyrick, 1918 , by original designation.

Panplatyceros Diakonoff, 1951 View in CoL . Type species: Panplatyceros serpentina Diakonoff, 1951 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Toxotarca Wu, 1994 View in CoL . Type species: Toxotarca parotidosa Wu, 1994 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Torodora is similar to the genera Thubana Walker, 1864 and Deltoplastis Meyrick, 1925 . It can be distinguished from Thubana by the forewing with M 3 free from CuA 1+2 and R 5 usually present, whereas M 3 is stalked with CuA 1+2 and R 5 is absent in Thubana ; from Deltoplastis by the hindwing with M 2 present, whereas it is absent in Deltoplastis .

Generic characters. Antenna as long as or longer than forewing, ciliate ventrally in male of some species, always smooth in female. Labial palpus with second palpomere thickened, third palpomere slender. Forewing usually slightly widened distally; discocellular stigma single or doubled (one located posterior to another); cell closed; R 1 and R 2 free, R 3, R 4 and R 5 stalked, R 5 rarely absent, M 1, M 2 and M 3 free, CuA 1 and CuA 2 stalked. Hindwing wider; cell closed; M 2 present, M 3 and CuA 1 stalked or arising from same point.Abdominal tergites with zones of spiniform setae.

Male genitalia: Uncus wide at base, narrowed or widened distally, bilobed at apex in some species. Gnathos with broad lateral arms usually fused at middle, forming a basal plate; mesial process present or absent. Valva extending outward or obliquely dorsad, broad basally; cucullus usually well-defined, diverse, setose; costal bar reduced, free at base in some species; sacculus banded, usually reaching cucullus. Vinculum narrow, rarely widened anteriorly. Juxta diverse, usually with a pair of posterolateral lobes. Aedeagus with or without cornuti.

Female genitalia: Eighth abdominal sternite concave at middle on posterior margin. Ductus seminalis arising from ductus bursae, narrower than ductus bursae. Corpus bursae smooth, rarely with granules on inner wall; signum usually single, denticulate on surface.

Distribution. Torodora is widely distributed in the Oriental, Palearctic and Ethiopian regions, and only two species in the Australian region.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lecithoceridae

Loc

Torodora Meyrick, 1894

Yu, Shuai, Zhu, Yanmei & Wang, Shuxia 2022
2022
Loc

Toxotarca

Wu 1994
1994
Loc

Toxotarca parotidosa

Wu 1994
1994
Loc

Panplatyceros

Diakonoff 1951
1951
Loc

Panplatyceros serpentina

Diakonoff 1951
1951
Loc

Habrogenes

Meyrick 1918
1918
Loc

Habrogenes eupatris

Meyrick 1918
1918
Loc

Torodora

Meyrick 1894
1894
Loc

Torodora characteris

Meyrick 1894
1894
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