Caveana Park, 2010

Park, Kyu-Tek & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2017, Descriptions of two new species of Torodorinae (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae), with three new records of Torodora Meyrick from Laos, Zootaxa 4268 (2), pp. 285-290 : 285

Genus Caveana Park, 2010

Type species: Caveana diemsouki Park, 2010 , by monotypy.

The genus Caveana was established as monotypic, based on the type species, C. diemseoki Park, 2010 . A second species, C. senuri Park, 2013 , was described from Taiwan . The genus is characterized by the brightly colored forewing, the venation with M3, CuA1 and CuA2 on a common stalk in the forewing and M2 absent in the hindwing. The venation is similar to that of Nosphistica Meyrick , but it differs from the latter by certain morphological characters including the shape and color pattern of the wings, and the male genitalia. The new species Caveana plenalinea Park , sp. nov. and C. senuri Park are hardly distinguishable from each other in the superficial characters, with similar ground color patterns of both wings, but the former can be distinguished by the male genital character as noted in the description below. On the other hand, these two species have somewhat different color patterns in both wings from the type species, C. diemseoki Park , but they are together placed in the genus, based on similar venation. Thus , it is considered that further study is needed for their generic placement when more species are found.