Torodora babeana Park

Park, Kyu-Tek, 2007, A review of the Torodora manoconta species-group (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 1465, pp. 55-64 : 61-62

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273738
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6247532
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B487D4-FFBB-F53D-93A9-FA8CFEEEFC90
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Torodora babeana Park
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Torodora babeana Park View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs. 5 View FIGURES 1 – 7 , 12, 12 View FIGURES 12 – 14. 12, T a, 16)

Type. HOLOTYPE ɗ, Cuc Phuong Nat. Park, 200 m, Ninh Vinh Prov., Vietnam, 11–12.VI.2004 (K.T. Park & N. Cuong), gen. slide no. CIS-5242. PARATYPES. 1ɗ, same data as holotype, gen. slide no. CIS- 5247. 1ɗ, same locality, 450 m, 24.IV.2006 (Park, Kim, Kang), gen. slide no. CIS-5243. 3ɗ, 1&, Ba Be Nat. Park, Bac Khan Prov., 26–28.VII.2006 (Park, Chae, & Cuong), gen. slide no. CIS-5248 (&). Types deposited in CIS.

Diagnosis. This new species is similar to T. chinanensis , T. vietnamensis sp. nov., and T. manoconta Wu & Liu. It can be distinguished from them only by features of the male genitalia: apex of uncus smaller, less expanded laterally; lateral lobe of juxta digitate with serrate edge preapically; cornuti a long spine, about 1/3 length of aedeagus and shorter one forming a round plate with spines.

Description. Male. Forewing length 19–20 mm. Head shiny, pale brownish yellow, with concolorous erect scales laterally. Antenna with pedicel pale brownish orange, shiny dorsally; flagellum pale brownish orange throughout, with pale brownish annulations. Second segment of labial palpus rather slender, pale brownish orange all around; 3rd segment as long as second, dark brown ventrally. Tegula and thorax shiny golden brown. Forewing ground color shiny golden brown, often with large yellowish triangular or elongate patch near 2/3 on inner margin; apex somewhat round; termen less oblique; fringe golden brown. R3 stalked at basal 1/3; R4 and R5 stalked beyond basal 4/5; R5 to termen; M1 close to R3+4+5at base; M2 and M3 connate at base; M3 and CuA1 stalked for 1/2, sometimes fro 2/3 length. Hindwing pale yellowish brown; apex acute; M3 and CuA1 stalked mesially, sometimes near basal 1/3 length; fringe golden brown. Hind tibia with dark brown hairlike setae preapically.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 12, 12 View FIGURES 12 – 14. 12, T a). Uncus with clavate apex, somewhat rounded. Gnathos strongly bent downwardly. Valva foot-shaped, costa gently concave mesially. Juxta with heavily sclerotized, crescent-shaped median flap; flap often concealed on slide-mounts (see Fig. 12 View FIGURES 12 – 14. 12, T ). Lateral lobe of juxta digitate, serrate preapically on outer margin. Aedeagus with a pair of cornuti: longer one spine-shaped, slender, about 1/3 length of aedeagus; shorter one with large round plate basally, with few spines.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 15 – 17 ). Eighth sternum deeply emarginate at middle. Apophysis anterioris very short. Antrum poorly defined. Ductus bursae broad, with heavily sclerotized plates of variable shape in distal half. Corpus bursae ovate; signum elliptical, a heavily sclerotized plate with many spinules on surface, shorter than 1/4 length of corpus bursa.

Distribution. Vietnam (North).

Etymology. The species name is derived from the geographic locality of four of the paratypes, Ba Be, Vietnam.