Parkiana radamella (Viette, 1968) Park & Koo & Minet, 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 : 159-160

Parkiana radamella (Viette, 1968) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 4 A–E)

Lecithocera radamella Viette, 1968: 88 . TL: Amber Mountain , Les Roussettes.

Type. 1♂ (holotype), North Madagascar, Amber Mountain (Montagne d’Ambre), Les Roussettes, alt. 1,000 m, 7 xii 1958, P. Viette leg.; P.E.L. Viette det. 1967, Lecithocera radamella n. sp., Holotype, ♂, P. Viette; genitalia: prep. P. Viette no. 4678.

Adults ( Figs. 4A, B ). Wingspan, 15 mm. The species has a similar pattern of the forewing and the antenna with the type species, P. matutinalis Cho & Agassiz , but the hind wing is characteristically shortened with rounded termen, and M 3 merged with CuA 1.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 4C, D ): Viette (1968) noted that the male genitalia are similar to those of L. compsophila ( Meyrick, 1911) which was described from Sri Lanka ( Ceylon). The male genitalia were dissected and examined by Viette (1968, gen. prep. P. Viette no. 4678), however, he did not illustrate the genitalia (illustrated here for the first time).

Remarks. The new species can be distinguished from its allies by having a uniquely shortened hind wing, with rounded termen. In view of this unusual shape of the hind wing, it should perhaps be removed from Parkiana . However, it is tentatively placed in this genus, further study being needed to reassess its generic status.

Distribution. Madagascar (North) (Viette, 1968).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Parkiana radamella (Viette, 1968), comb. nov.: A, holotype; B, labels; C, male genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 4678; D, aedeagus; E, abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia and aedeagus: 0.5 mm.