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Issue: Vol. 5264 No. 2: 13 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.2.1
Page range: 151-184
Abstract views: 229
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Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Madagascar: I. Descriptions of eighteen new species of Torodora Meyrick, 1894

108-508 Semteo Vill.; Irwon-ro 120; Gangnam-gu; Seoul 06356 Korea
Department of Plant Medicine; Chungbuk National University; Cheongju; 28644 Korea
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle; ISYEB; Entomologie (C.P. 50); 45; rue Buffon; F-75005 Paris; France
Department of Entomology; University of Antananarivo BP 906; Antananarivo 101; Madagascar
Lepidoptera Taxonomy Africa Lecithoceridae Madagascar Torodora

Abstract

The present study is aimed at describing lecithocerid specimens from Madagascar collected by Pierre Viette and his colleagues during the 1950’s and preserved in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN, Paris). Eighteen new species of Torodora Meyrick, 1894 are described, namely: T. hana Park & Koo, sp. nov., T. larseni Park & Koo, sp. nov., T. toliarensis Park & Koo, sp. nov., T. silvestris Park & Koo, sp. nov., T. sogai Park & Koo, sp. nov., T. vietteiola Park & Koo, sp. nov., T. haploista Park & Koo, sp. nov., T. septentriella Park & Koo, sp. nov., T. zahamenensis Park & Koo, sp. nov., T. unicolorella Park & Koo, sp. nov., T. pistillia Park & Minet, sp. nov., T. andringitrensis Park & Minet, sp. nov., T. ochrizona Park & Minet, sp. nov., T. anosibensis Park & Minet, sp. nov., T. convexula Park & Minet, sp. nov., T. sphenosa Park & Minet, sp. nov., T. malagasiella Park & Minet, sp. nov., and T griveaudi Park & Minet, sp. nov. The previously unknown male of T. lecithocerella (Viette, 1956) is described for the first time. Adults and their male or female genitalia are illustrated.

 

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