Torodora sabahana Park, sp. nov.

Torodora sabahana Park, sp. nov. (Figs. 2, 2 a–b, 5, 8, 8 a–b) Holotype. Ƥ, Malaysia, Sabah, Kunung, Kinabalu Sayap, 1000m, 116 34 0 6 10 N; Gua Melayu trail, clearing in primary forest, 13 iii 2001, JP & MJ Duffels, gen. slide no. CIS- 6147 /Park. Paratype: 1 Ƥ, same data as the holotype. Diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished from T. karismata and T. parakarismata Park, sp. nov. by the weakly developed smaller costal patches before and beyond of the median largest orange-white patch in the forewing. The female genitalia are distinguished from those of T. karismata by the sclerot... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Park, Kyu-Tek
Lee, Sangmi
Dokumenttyp: other
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Schlagwörter: Biodiversity / Taxonomy / Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Lepidoptera / Lecithoceridae / Torodora / Torodora sabahana
Sprache: unknown
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Torodora sabahana Park, sp. nov. (Figs. 2, 2 a–b, 5, 8, 8 a–b) Holotype. Ƥ, Malaysia, Sabah, Kunung, Kinabalu Sayap, 1000m, 116 34 0 6 10 N; Gua Melayu trail, clearing in primary forest, 13 iii 2001, JP & MJ Duffels, gen. slide no. CIS- 6147 /Park. Paratype: 1 Ƥ, same data as the holotype. Diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished from T. karismata and T. parakarismata Park, sp. nov. by the weakly developed smaller costal patches before and beyond of the median largest orange-white patch in the forewing. The female genitalia are distinguished from those of T. karismata by the sclerotized ostial plate and the elongate antrum as illustrated in Fig. 8, comparing with Fig. 9. Description. Female (Figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b). Wingspan 16–17 mm. Head covered with brownish scales dorsally, with a row of broad orange-white scales along posterior margin. Collar well-developed, dark brown in basal 1 / 3, then orange white beyond, mixed with brownish scales medially. Antenna more than 1.3 times length of forewing; basal segment elongate, dark brown all around; flagellum orange white with brownish reflection in basal half, then shiny silvery white throughout, without annulations. Second segment of labial palpus thickened with rough scales ventrally, dark brown on outer surface, paler on inner surface; 3 rd segment slender, longer than 2 nd segment, orange white dorsally, dark brown ventrally (Fig. 2 a). Tegula dark brown, mixed with orange-white scales posteriorly. Thorax dark brown, irregularly mixed with orange-white scales. Forewing elongate, ground color dark purplish brown, with various shapes and sizes of whitish costal patches: median whitish largest patch quadrate, length more than 1.5 times of width, preceded by four small whitish patches along costa and followed by two small patches before second larger one prior to apex; apical costal patch large, triangular; apex obtuse; termen oblique; fringe dark brown around apex and near tornus, orange white between them. Hindwing dark purplish brown, broader than forewing, ...