Torodora kambanella
Creators
- 1. Bioresource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012 Korea;
- 2. Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644 Korea.
- 3. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (ISYEB, UMR 7205), Entomologie (C. P. 50), 45, rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France.
Description
Torodora kambanella (Viette, 1986)
(Figs. 9 A–F)
Lecithocera kambanella Viette, 1986: 114. TL: Zahamena National Park.
Torodora kambanella; Park 2018: 1085.
Type. 1♂ (holotype), East Madagascar, near 3 rd Integral Natural Reserve [Zahamena National Park], road to Manakambahiny East, near Nosivola, alt. 1,000 m, 16 xi 1954, P. Viette leg.; genitalia: prep. P. Viette no. 3810.
Adult (Figs. 9A, B). Wingspan, 18 mm. The species is characterized by the trapezoidal blackish antemedian band discontinued to inner margin, and triangular blackish costal patch developed in 2/3 of costa on the forewing. The hind wing venation has M 3 stalked with CuA 1 at distal 1/5 (Fig. 9C). The abdomen has broad spinose zones on dorsal surface (Fig. 9F).
Male genitalia (Figs. 9D, E): See the line drawing given by Viette (1986, Fig. 10). Uncus long, elongate, narrowed apically. Basal plate of gnathos elongated with round apex. Valva elongated with spatulate cucullus; cucullus broadened distally with round apex. Aedeagus as long as valva, globular at base; cornuti consist of a long sac with numerous spinules and heavily sclerotized, shorter plate.
Remarks. This species was previously transferred from Lecithocera to Torodora by Park (2018).
Distribution. Madagascar (East) (Viette, 1986).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 1954-11-16
- Verbatim event date
- 1954-11-16
- Scientific name authorship
- Viette
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lecithoceridae
- Genus
- Torodora
- Species
- kambanella
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Torodora kambanella (Viette, 1986) sec. Park, Koo & Minet, 2020
References
- Viette, P. E. L. (1986) Nouveaux Microlepidopteres de Madagascar (Oecophoridae et Gelechiidae) (New species of Malagasy Microlepidoptera-Oecophoridae and Gelechiidae). Bulletin mensuel de la Societe linneenne de Lyon, 55 (4), 109 - 118. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / linly. 1986.10753
- Park, K. - T. (2018) A new genus Thubdora Park, gen. nov. and seven new species of the subfamily Torodorinae (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from Cameroon and Rep. of Congo, Africa. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 21, 1085 - 1093. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. aspen. 2018.07.018