Torodora aritai Park, 2002

Park, Kyu-Tek, Bae, Yang-Seop, Kim, Sora & Heppner, John B., 2013, Genus Torodora Meyrick in Cambodia (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Torodorinae), with descriptions of three new species, Journal of Natural History 47 (35 - 36), pp. 2289-2304 : 2300

Torodora aritai Park, 2002

( Figs 2J–L ; 3J–L )

Torodora aritai Park, 2002 . Ins. Koreana 19: 157. TL: Nakhon Noyak, Thailand.

Diagnosis

Adult ( Figure 2J–L ). Wingspan 17 mm. This species is similar to the preceding species as noted above. It is also similar to T. sciadosa Wu and Liu in superficial and male genital characters, but can be easily distinguished by the male genitalia ( Figure 3J–L ), with six to eight uniquely specialized conic particles on inner surface on valva and aedeagus broadly inflated basally with various shapes of cornuti in vesica.

Material examined

One ♂, Cambodia, Prov. Mondulkiri, Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area , 9 October 2010 (Bae et al.), gen. slide no. CIS-6077 / Park .

Distribution

Cambodia (new record), Thailand.

Figures

Figure 2. Adults of Torodora spp. (A–C) Torodora parotidosa (Wu); (B) head part in dorsal view; (C) labial palpus; (D–F) T. osamensis Park, sp. nov.; (E) head part in dorsal view; (F) labial palpus; (G–I) T. occidentalis Park, sp. nov.; (H) head part in dorsal view; (I) labial palpus; (J–L) T. aritai Park, sp. nov.; (K) head part in dorsal view; (L) labial palpus.

Figure 3. Male genitalia of Torodora spp. (A–C) Torodora parotidosa (Wu); (B) aedeagus; (C) abdominal segments; (D–F) T. osamensis Park, sp. nov.; (E) aedeagus; (F) abdominal segments; (G–I) T. occidentalis Park, sp. nov.; (H) aedeagus; (I) abdominal segments; (J–L) T. aritai Park, sp. nov.; (K) aedeagus; (L) abdominal segments.