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Torodora leucochlora Meyrick 1910, comb. nov.

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Torodora leucochlora (Meyrick, 1910), comb. nov.

(Figs. 10, 10 a, 15, 15a, 15b)

Lecithocera leucochlora Meyrick, 1910. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 58: 448. Habrogenes leucochlora; Clarke, 1965. Microl. Palaearc. 5: 72.

Diagnosis. Female (Fig. 9). Wingspan, 16–18 mm. The species is clearly distinguished by the whitish wings, body, and appendages. However, the species is hardly distinguishable from the following new species by superficial morphology.

Male genitalia. See Clarke (1965, pl. 36, 2a, 2b).

Description of female genitalia (Figs. 15, 15 a, 15b). Caudal margin of abdominal sternite VIII deeply emarginate in U-shape medially, its depth about half length of segment. Antrum broad, bowl-shaped, as wide as width of segment VIII, short, weakly sclerotized; caudal margin nearly flat. Ductus bursae long, more than three times of corpus bursae, twice coiled, with sparse, fine conic spinules internally. Corpus bursae elongate; signum large, elongate, as long as corpus bursae, densely scobinate.

Material examined. 1Ƥ, “Matang Rd. (near Kuching), 12 xi 1909 ”, deposited in the RMNH; 1Ƥ, 4 miles Rock Rd new design, 4 Dec. 1909, gen. slide no. CIS- 6047/Park.

Distribution. Kuching, Malaysian Borneo.

Remarks. Meyrick (1910) described this species, placing it in Lecithocera, based on two specimens (a male and a female), and noted ”Kuching (Hewitt), Borneo, in October and November“. Clarke (1965) designated the male specimen (Kuching, Borneo, JH. 30.10.00) as “ lectotype ” and illustrated the male genitalia (slide no. 8871). In the collection of the RMNH, the author found a female specimen, labelled as the lectotype, which is probably a syntype, as well as one additional female specimen, labelled “Matang Rd, Nov. 12 1909 ” (Fig. 10 a).

Notes

Published as part of Park, Kyu-Tek & Lee, Sangmi, 2012, Two new species of the Torodora karismata species complex and a new species of the Torodora leucochlora species complex (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Torodorinae), pp. 46-54 in Zootaxa 3547 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282816

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lecithoceridae
Genus
Torodora
Species
leucochlora
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Torodora leucochlora (Meyrick, 1910) sec. Park & Lee, 2012

References

  • Meyrick, E. (1910) Description of Malayan Micro-Lepidoptera. Transaction of the Entomological Society of London, 58, 430 - 478.
  • Clarke, J. F. G. (1965) Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick, Vol. 5. British Museum of Natural History, London, 581 pp.