Torodora pentagona 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 : 2302-2303

Torodora pentagona Park, 2002

( Figs 2V–X ; 3V–X )

Torodora pentagona Park, 2002: 160 . TL: Khao Yai, Nakhon Noyak, Thailand.

Diagnosis

Adult ( Figure 2V–X ). Wingspan 13.5 mm. This species is distinguished from its allies by the characteristic structures of the male genitalia ( Figure 3V–X ) as follows: uncus modified with well-developed pentagonal apical part, valva with a bundle of strong, long, needle-like bristles on inner surface of the cucullus and densely setose along outer margin.

Material examined

One ♂, Cambodia, Prov. Mondulkiri, 7 October 2010 (Bae, Ju and Vi), gen. slide no. CIS-6064 / Park .

Distribution

Cambodia (new record), Thailand (Khao Yai, Nakhon Noyak).

Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported in part by the National Institute of Biological Resources ( NIBR), the Ministry of Environment and by the University of Incheon Research Grant (2010) in Korea. We are indebted to Prof. Woo-Shin Lee, Seoul National University ; Mr Kry Masphal and Mr Thuch Phalla , Wildlife Protection Office, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for their helpful management in the survey .

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.