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Issue: Vol. 4949 No. 1: 24 Mar. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.5
Page range: 102–114
Abstract views: 119
PDF downloaded: 17

Five new species of the genus Torodora Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae) from Cambodia, with a tentative check-list of the genus

The Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Prov., 463-808 Korea.
Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 119 Academy˗ro, Yeonsu˗gu, Incheon, 22012 Korea. Bio˗Resource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, 119 Academy˗ro, Yeonsu˗gu, Incheon, 22012 Korea.
Lepidoptera Taxonomy Oriental Region South East Asia new records

Abstract

Five new species of the genus Torodora Meyrick of the family Lecithoceridae are described from Cambodia. The new species are T. helvinotula Park, sp. nov., T. spathiana Park, sp. nov., T. alterniella Park, sp. nov., T. triquetrella Park, sp. nov., and T. cupriella Park, sp. nov.. In addition, Torodora macrosigna Gozmány, 1973 is reported for the first time from Cambodia, with illustration of the male genitalia for the first time.

 

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