Dragmatucha ghanaensis Park, 2020

Karisch, Timm, Dutton, Amy-Jayne, Yu, Tae-Uk & Park, Kyu-Tek, 2025, Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from Nimba Mts. bordering Liberia and Guinea, Part I: The subfamily Torodorinae, with descriptions of 15 new species, Zootaxa 5728 (2), pp. 247-286 : 264-265

1. Dragmatucha ghanaensis Park, 2020

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Dragmatucha ghanaensis Park , in Park et al., 2020: 166 ; Park et al., 2022a: 131. TL: Ghana, Central.

Material examined. 1♂, 1♀, Guinea, Mt. Nimba , ix 2010, coll. ZSM , gen slide no. 4291/ Karisch ( ♀), in ZSM ; 4♂, Liberia , Nimba County, 750 m, ENNR , Cellcom Road , 7°33’3.782N, 8°31’46.49”W, 16-28 xii 2018, Cold Cathode, UV Light Trap (8W), leg. Sz. Sáfián & G. Simonicz, ANHRT : 2018. 43, ANHRTUK 00147925, ANHRTUK 00147929, ANHRTUK 00147918 (gen slide no. 4220/ Karisch), ANHRTUK 00147927, in ANHRT .

Diagnosis. Female ( Figs 9A, B ). Wingspan 14.5 mm. The species was described from Ghana, based on a male and a female. It is also similar to D. hispidula Park, 2018 ( Cameroon), but it differs in the forewing by the postmedian fascia which is broadened toward costa.

Male genitalia: See Park et al. (2020, figs 10C, D, E).

Female genitalia ( Fig. 9B ): See also Park et al. (2020, fig. 10G).

Distribution. Ghana, Guinea, and Liberia ( Nimba Mts.: new record).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Dragmatucha ghanaensis Park, 2020: A, female; B, female genitalia (gen. slide no. 4291/Karisch); C, abdomen.