Parkiana janineae ( Viette, 1954 ), 2020

Park, Kyu-Tek, Koo, Jun-Mo & Minet, Joël, 2020, Review of the Malagasy lecithocerid species described by Pierre Viette and deposited in MNHN (Paris), with new generic combinations and descriptions of a new subfamily and genus of Momphidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), Zootaxa 4845 (2), pp. 151-190 : 156-158

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4845.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4488442
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scientific name	Parkiana janineae ( Viette, 1954 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Parkiana janineae ( Viette, 1954) View in CoL , comb. nov.

( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 A–G)

Nemophora janineae Viette, 1954: 2 (as of the family Adelidae View in CoL ). TL: Antongil Bay.

Adela janineae ; Viette 1990: 25.

Adela janineae ; De Prins & De Prins 2019 (Afromoths website).

Lecithocera janineae ; Lees & Minet 2003: 758.

Type. 1♀ (holotype), North-East Madagascar, Antongil Bay, A. Mocquerys leg., 1898; Muséum Paris, Mission P. Viette (Sept. 1951 - Mar. 1952) [probably a misplaced label]; Nemophora janineae n. sp. Holotype ♀, P. Viette; genitalia: prep. J. Minet no. 1666.

Adults ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 A–B). Wingspan, 18 mm. The superficial character of this species, including the pattern of both wings and the antenna are well in accordance with the genus Parkiana . The species is distinguished from its allies by the forewing with a large yellowish-white discal spot. Abdominal segments have broad spinose zones with weak spines dorsally ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 ).

Female genitalia ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C–F): Illustrated for the first time. Abdominal sternite VIII deeply emarginated medially on caudal margin. Antrum triangular, funnel-shaped. Ductus bursae membranous, narrowed in posterior 1/4; median part broadened with numerous conic spines, narrowed again in anterior 1/4; ductus seminalis narrow, arising from posterior 3/4. Corpus bursae extremely long; signum at middle, grooved centrally, with dense conic spines.

Remarks. The species was originally placed in Nemophora Hoffmannsegg (Adelidae) , but was transferred to the Lecithoceridae by Lees & Minet (2003: 757), provisionally as a member of the genus Lecithocera (ibid.: 758). However, this species surely belongs to Parkiana Cho , in view of its wing pattern and antennae.

Distribution. Madagascar (East) ( Viette, 1954).

References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019) Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Available from: http: // www. afromoths. net (accessed 29 October 2019)

Lees, D. C. & Minet, J. (2003) Lepidoptera: systematics and diversity. In: Goodmans, S. M. & Benstead, J. P. (Eds.), The natural history of Madagascar. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 748 - 761.

Viette, P. E. L. (1954) Description de nouveaux Tineides malgaches (Lepidopteres). Memoires de l'Institut (E), 5, 1 - 38.

Viette, P. E. L. (1990) Liste recapitulative des Lepidopteres Heteroceres de Madagascar (A provisional check-list of the Lepidoptera Heterocera of Madagascar). Faune de Madagascar, Supplement 1, 1 - 264.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Parkiana janineae (Viette, 1954), comb. nov.: A, holotype; B, labels; C, female genitalia, prep. J. Minet no. 1666; D, ditto, close-up of segment VIII (ventral view); E, ditto, corpus bursae; F, ditto, ductus bursae (anterior region); G, ditto, abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia: 0.5 mm.