Torodora manalis Park & Koo, 2022

Park, Kyu-Tek & Koo, Jun-Mo, 2022, Description of Spiniola hanaro Park, gen. and sp. nov., and three new species of Torodora Meyrick, 1894 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from the Afrotropical Region, Zootaxa 5092 (5), pp. 576-586 : 584

Torodora manalis Park & Koo , sp. nov.

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( Figs. 5A–H )

Type material. Holotype. [ Uganda] male, Biol. Field Station, Kibale National Park , Uganda, 19.–24. XI. 2014 (LF, leg. W. Mey), gen. slide no. CIS-7039, Wings slide no. CIS-7053, COI barcode CBNU063 , deposited in MfN.

Diagnosis. This new species is superficially similar to Torodora semnodora ( Meyrick, 1933) which was described from DR Congo, but it can be distinguished by the wing pattern: forewing lacking a costal patch in the new species, but with an orange-yellow costal patch beyond 2/ 3 in T. semnodora . The male genitalia also resemble each other, but they differ in the following characteristics: 1) cucullus narrowed with sharply pointed apex in the new species, but cucullus rounded apically in T. semnodora ; 2) juxta narrowed in basal half, with slightly convex caudal margin medially in the new species, but juxta with almost constant width, and a nearly straight caudal margin in T. semnodora ; 3) aedeagus roundly produced dorsally and triangularly expanded ventrally in distal 1/ 3 in the new species, but aedeagus bifurcate apically in T. semnodora .

Description. Adult ( Figs. 5A, C, D ). Wingspan 20.0 mm. Head: Vertex yellowish brown with erect scales of same color laterally. Antenna 0.7 times shorter than forewing; scape elongated, yellowish white with dark brown scales on outer surface; flagellum filiform, ciliate, yellowish white without annulations. 2 nd segment of labial palpus yellowish brown with yellowish-white scales on outer surface, yellowish white on inner surface; 3 rd segment nearly same length as 2 nd segment, yellowish white with dark brown scales dorsally ( Figs. 5C, D ). Thorax: Notum and tegula yellowish brown. Forewing ground color yellowish brown, without markings; apex obtuse; termen slightly concave; fringe concolorous with ground color; venation ( Fig. 5E ) with R 1 arising from basal half of discal cell; distance between origins of R 1 and R 2 3.1 times longer than that of R 2 and R 3+4+5; R 3 stalked with R 4+5 for basal 3/10; R 4 stalked with R 5 for basal 3/5; M 1 remote from R 3+4+5 at base; M 2 free from M 3; CuA 1 and CuA 2 stalked for basal 1/4; 1A+2A forked basally; discal cell closed. Hindwing ground color similar to that of forewing; apex obtuse; termen oblique; fringe concolorous with ground color; venation with M 2 present; M 2 free from M 3; M 3 and CuA 1 short-stalked at base; discal cell weakly closed. Abdomen ( Fig. 5H ): Spinose zones developed widely in posterior margin of each II–VII tergite. Sternites weakly sclerotized; VIII sternite not specifically modified.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 5F, G ): Uncus elongated, with pointed apex, exceeding apex of basal plate of gnathos. Median process of gnathos relatively large, strongly bent beyond middle, narrowly produced apically. Tegumen deeply concave on anterior margin. Valva broad basally, strongly upturned beyond middle, with narrow concavity below costa in basal 1/5; costa slightly extended in basal 1/3; oblique crescent line extended from below end of concavity below costa to lower corner of cucullus; cucullus densely setose, narrowed apically with inwardly acute apex. Vinculum narrow, heavily sclerotized. Juxta large, shield-shaped, broadened in distal half; caudal margin slightly convex medially. Aedeagus nearly same length as valva, slender and weakly sclerotized in basal 2/3; distal 1/3 of aedeagus roundly produced dorsally with numerous pegs, triangularly expanded ventrally with relatively smaller numerous ventral pegs; cornutus absent.

Female unknown.

Distribution. Uganda (Kibale Nat. Park).

Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin, mane (= morning) with a Latin suffix, - alis.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Torodora manalis Park & Koo, sp. nov., holotype: A, adult; B, label; C, outer surface of labial palpus; D, inner surface of labial palpus; E, venation, wings slide no. CIS-7053; F, male genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-7039, with close-up of uncus+gnathos; G, aedeagus; H, abdomen.