Thubdora ochrospilosa Park & Cho, 2021

Park, Kyu-Tek & Cho, Soowon, 2021, Four new species of Thubdora Park, 2018 and one new species of Torodora Meyrick 1894 (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from Tanzania, Zootaxa 5068 (3), pp. 399-409 : 404

Thubdora ochrospilosa Park & Cho , sp. nov.

LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E1A08021-D60D-4A47-8034-3D03B931426C

( Figs. 4A–E )

Type specimen. Holotype: male, Tanzania, [Morogoro Reg.,] Morogoro Distr., Kitulangalo For. Res. 420–540 m, 1 i 1993, leg. Leif Aarvik, gen. slide no. CIS-7493, deposited in NHMO.

Diagnosis. This new species is superficially similar to Thubdora mufindiensis sp. nov. or T. wooriana Park , with a triangular, orange-white costal patch beyond 2/3 of costa, but it can be distinguished by the head orange white dorsally, the forewing more narrowly elongated with very oblique termen, and the costal patch less triangular.

Description. Adult ( Figs. 4 A-C). Wingspan ca. 12.5 mm.

Head: pale orange dorsally, with scales of the same color laterally.Antenna longer than forewing; basal segment elongated, slightly broadened in distal half, orange white all around; flagellum orange white, shinny, without annulations nearly not ciliate. Second segment of labial palpus thickened, orange white all around, with triangular scalestuft apically; 3 rd segment slender, strongly upturned, slightly longer than 2 nd segment, orange white all around.

Thorax: Tegula and notum purplish yellowish brown dorsally. Hind tibia more or less slender. Forewing narrowly elongated; ground color yellowish brown; costal patch yellowish-white, elongate-triangular; no transversal fascia developed; apex remarkably produced; termen concave before middle; fringe dark brown; venation with R 4 and R 5 stalked for basal 2/3; M 2 present. Hindwing broader than forewing, pale orange gray; apex sharply produced; termen very oblique, slightly concave medially; fringe concolorous.

Abdomen ( Fig. 4E ): Dorsal surface with fine spines.

Female genitalia ( Figs. 4D ). Abdominal sternite VIII narrowly emarginated at middle. Apophyses anteriores about 3/5 the length of apophyses posteriors. Antrum cup-shaped, large, weakly sclerotized, about 1/3 the length of ductus bursae. Ductus bursae narrow in posterior half and broadened in anterior half; ductus seminalis arising from middle. Corpus bursae elongated, longer than ductus bursae; signum pineapple-shaped, with short, strong spines

Male unknown.

Distribution. Tanzania (Morogoro Dist.).

Etymology. The species name is derived from the Greek, - ochros (= yellow) and spilos (= spot), referring to the yellowish patch on the costa of forewing.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Thubdora ochrospilosa Park & Cho, sp. nov.:A, adult, holotype; B, head and labial palpus in lateral view; C, label; D, female genitalia, gen. slide no. CIS-7493; E, abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia and the aedeagus: 1.0 mm.