Torodora silvatica Park, 2007

Yu, Shuai, Liu, Lin, Li, Xueqing & Wang, Shuxia, 2024, Two new species and one new record of the genus Torodora Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from China, ZooKeys 1218, pp. 287-293 : 287-293

Torodora silvatica Park, 2007

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Torodora silvatica Park, 2007: 23. Holotype male collected in Thailand, deposited at the University of Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Japan (OPU).

Thubana silvatica (Park): Park et al. 2013: 312.

Thubana seimaensis Park, 2013: 312. Holotype male collected in Cambodia, deposited at the University of Incheon, Incheon, South Korea (UIK).

Specimens examined.

China • 1 ♂; Yunnan Prov., Menghai County, Nabanhe ; 22.243 ° N, 100.599 ° E; 810 m elev.; 2–3 Aug. 2022; Shuai Yu & Kaijian Teng leg., in LCU • 1 ♂; Yunnan Prov., Jinghong City, Mt. Jinuo ; 21.982 ° N, 100.889 ° E; 1425 m elev.; 6–7 Aug. 2022; Shuai Yu & Kaijian Teng leg.; slide no. LCU 218 , in LCU • 1 ♂; Yunnan Prov., Jinghong City, Yexianggu ; 22.100 ° N, 100.520 ° E; 852 m elev.; 8 Aug. 2022; Shuai Yu & Kaijian Teng leg.; slide no. LCU 217 , in LCU .

Description.

Adult wingspan 16.0– 16.5 mm (Fig. 1 E ).

Distribution.

China (Yunnan Province, new record), Cambodia, Thailand.

Remarks.

Park (2007) firstly described T. silvatica from Thailand, and he later transferred the species to Thubana Walker, 1864 ( Park et al. 2013). Park et al. (2022) transferred Th. silvatica back to Torodora . An explanation for this reversal is given: “ the venation of forewing differs from that of the type species of Torodora , having M 3 and CuA 1 + 2 on a common stalk, as well as that of Thubana Walker , but it is no doubt that the forewing color pattern and the male genital characters are closer to the genus Torodora ” ( Park et al. 2022: 368). We follow Park et al. ’ s treatment and concur with the taxonomic status of Torodora silvatica .

Figures

Figure 1. External features and wing venation of Torodora spp. A external features of T. lichi Yu & Wang, sp. nov., holotype, male, slide No. YUS 004 B right wing venation of T. lichi Yu & Wang, sp. nov., holotype, male, slide No. YUS 004 C external features of T. mici Yu & Wang, sp. nov., paratype, male, LCU 204 D right wing venation of T. mici Yu & Wang, sp. nov., paratype, male, LCU 033 E external features of T. silvatica Park, 2007, male, slide No. LCU 218 F right wing venation of T. silvatica Park, 2007, male, slide No. LCU 217. Scale bars: 2.0 mm.

Figure 2. Genitalia of Torodora spp. A male genitalia of T. lichi Yu & Wang, sp. nov., holotype, slide No. YUS 004 B male genitalia of T. mici Yu & Wang, sp. nov., holotype, slide No. LCU 034 C male genitalia of T. silvatica Park, 2007, slide No. LCU 217 D female genitalia of T. mici Yu & Wang, sp. nov., paratype, slide No. LCU 219. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.