Parkiana rabenoroi ( Viette, 1988 ), 2020

Park, Kyu-Tek, Koo, Jun-Mo & Minet, Joël, 2020, Review of the Malagasy lecithocerid species described by Pierre Viette and deposited in MNHN (Paris), with new generic combinations and descriptions of a new subfamily and genus of Momphidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), Zootaxa 4845 (2), pp. 151-190 : 158-159

Parkiana rabenoroi ( Viette, 1988) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 3 A–F)

Lecithocera rabenoroi Viette, 1988: 102 . TL: Amber Mountain , Les Roussettes.

Type. 1♀ (holotype), North Madagascar, Amber Mountain (Montagne d’Ambre), Les Roussettes, alt. 1,000 m, 8 xii 1958, P. Viette leg.; P.E.L. Viette det. 1988, Lecithocera rabenoroi n. sp., Holotype, ♀; genitalia: prep. P. Viette no. 5751.

Adults ( Figs. 3A, B ). Wingspan, 12 mm. The species is superficially characterized by the forewing with distinct, yellowish-white narrow antemedian band and the antenna with distinct dark annulets. The hind wing with M 3 and CuA 1 coincident. Abdominal segments have spinose zones with sparse spines on dorsal surface ( Fig. 3F ).

Female genitalia ( Figs. 3 C–E): See also the line drawing given by Viette (1988, Fig. 7 ). Abdominal sternite VIII deeply emarginated into U-shape medially. Apophyses anteriores about 2/5 length of apophyses posteriores. Antrum bowl-shaped. Ductus bursae as long as corpus bursae. Corpus bursae ovate, heavily wrinkled; signa consist of more than 10 strong conic spines.

Remarks. The antenna and the forewing colour pattern of the species are well in accordance with those of Parkiana , but the female genitalia are very characteristic with more than 10 strong conic spines in the corpus bursae.

Distribution. Madagascar (North) ( Viette, 1988).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Parkiana rabenoroi (Viette, 1988), comb. nov.: A, holotype; B, labels; C, female genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 5751; D, ditto, close-up of ostium bursae; E, ditto, close-up corpus bursae; F, abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 7. Torodora decaryella (Viette, 1955), comb. nov.: A, holotype; B, labels; C, male genitalia, prep. P. Viette no. 2786; D, aedeagus; E, abdomen. Scale bar for the genitalia and aedeagus: 0.5 mm.