Thubdora vernaculella Park & Karisch, 2021

Park, Kyu-Tek, Yu, Tae-Uk & Karisch, Timm, 2022, The family Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from Ivory Coast (Republic of Côte d’Ivoire), with descriptions of nine new species, Zootaxa 5162 (4), pp. 357-377 : 367-368

Thubdora vernaculella Park & Karisch, 2021

( Fig. 8 )

Thubdora vernaculella Park & Karisch 2021: 585 . TL: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko

Diagnosis. The male genitalia of this species are similar to those of T. ealaensis Park & De Prins, 2019 , but the apex of cucullus is slightly pointed whereas in the latter it is nearly parallel-sided. The yellowish costal patch on the forewing is very small and obscure. The abdominal segment VIII with V-shaped sclerite dorsally; a pair of hair pencil well-developed; sternite uniquely modified as shown in Fig. 8C .

Male genitalia ( Figs. 8B, B 1 ). Characterized by the uncus broadened apically, cucullus elongated, strongly upturned, slightly narrowed apically, slightly convex on costal margin; cornuti consisting of a low of setae medially, a long plate apically, and series of conical spines (these spines probably removed in this specimen)

Material examined. 1♂, Cote d’Ivoire, Gouédié , 25 km NW Man, Plantagen in Regenwaldfragmenten, 20 viii 1997 LF, leg. T . Karisch , gen. slide no. 3899/ Karisch, deposited in SDEI .

Distribution. Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Ivory Coast (Montagne District).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Topographical map of the region Northwest of Man, Black circles = collecting sites; inserted map: Ivory Coast with marked collecting area (arrow) (Openstreetmap, inserted map: Mapsland, CCA 3.0)

FIGURE 8. Thubdora vernaculella Park & Karisch, 2021: A, Adult; B, Male genitalia, GU-3899/Karisch; B1, Aedeagus; C, Subgenital segments, in SDEI.