Dragmatucha ovartiella Park & Karisch, 2022

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 : 265-266

2. Dragmatucha ovartiella Park & Karisch, 2022

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Dragmatucha ovartiella Park & Karisch , in Park et al., 2022b: 372 . TL: Ivory Coast, Gouédié,

Material examined. 2♂, Liberia, Nimba County, 750 m, ENNR , Cellcom Road , 7°33’3.78’’N 8°31’46.49”W, 16- 28 xii 2018, Cold Cathode, UV Light Trap (8W), leg. Sz. Sáfián, G. Simonics ; 1♂, same data, gen slide no. 4221/ Karisch, in ANHRT ; 1♀, Guinea, Mt. Nimba area, x 2010, coll. ZSM , gen slide no. 4304/ Karisch, in ZSM .

Diagnosis. Male ( Figs. 10A, B ). Wingspan 13.5–14.0 mm.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 10B, B 1 ): Uncus slender, bar-shaped, reaching apex of basal plate of gnathos. Basal plate of gnathos narrowly produced apically; median process strongly bent downward pre-apically; sharply pointed. Tegumen weakly sclerotized. Valva broad expansion basally, narrowed before cucullus; cucullus foot-shaped; outer margin gently rounded near apex. Juxta shield-shaped; caudal margin slightly concave, slightly produced latero-caudally. Aedeagus stout, as long as valva, bent at basal 1/3; cornuti consisting of two different sizes of crescent plate surround numerous spinules.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 10C ): See Park et al. (2022b, fig. 11B).

Distribution. Ivory Coast (Gouédié), Liberia & Guinea (Nimba Mts.: new record).

Remark. The species was described from Ivory Coast, based on a female. The male is reported for the first time, with description and illustration of the male genitalia.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, Topographic map of the Guinea Highlands (Wikipedia.org./wiki/Guinea_Highlands/, Tom Radulovich, CC BY- SA 4.0, colours adapted); B, Blue itabirit at Blue Lake in laminar formation with other minerals (photo: A.-J Dutton, 2022); C, View from the NW-SE-exposed mountain ridge to the main ridge of Nimba Mountains in Liberia, in the middle with the excavations for iron ore. (photo: A.-J. Dutton, 2022); D, Blue Lake and its surroundings showing the extent of iron ore mining in the southern part of the Nimba Mountains (photo: T. Karisch, 2022); E, Cloud covered main ridge of the southern part of the Nimba Mountains (photo: A.-J Dutton).

FIGURE 10. Dragmatucha ovartiella Park & Karisch, 2022:A, male; B, male genitalia (gen. slide no. 4221/Karisch); B1, ditto, aedeagus; C, female genitalia (gen. slide no. 4304/Karisch).