Torodora pegasana Wu & Liu, 1994

Park, Kyu-Tek & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2020, Genus Torodora Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) in Laos with descriptions of five new species and two newly recorded species, Zootaxa 4851 (2), pp. 305-318 : 316-317

Torodora pegasana Wu & Liu, 1994

( Figs. 8 A-F)

Torodora pegasana Wu & Liu, 1994: 163 ; Wu, 1997: 65; Park, 2002: 159; Park et al., 2006: 159. TL: S China, Hainan. [IZCA]

Diagnosis. Wingspan, 17.0 mm. This species is similar to T. aenoptera Gozmány which was described from China, and T. capllaris Park from Taiwan, but it can be distinguished from T. aenoptera by the clavate apex of the uncus (whereas in the latter and the uncus expanded latero-caudally with an emargination on the caudal margin), and from T. capllaris by the shape of the valva with rounded outer margin.

Material examined. LAOS: 1♂, Bolikhamsai Prov., Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area , 8°27’23’’N 103°03’05’’E, 470 m, 26 vii 2019, leg. Bae YS et al., gen. slide no. CIS-8095 .

Distribution. Laos (new record: Bolikhamsai), China (Hainan), Thailand (Nakhon Nayok), Vietnam (North).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Torodora pegasana Wu & Liu, 1994: A, adult; B, labial palpus in lateral view; C-D, male genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-6097; E, ditto, aedeagus; F, abdomen. Scale bar for genitalia and aedeagus: 1.0 mm.