Pomphobata barathrona ( Park, 2020 ) Park, 2021

Park, Kyu-Tek, 2021, Review of the Oriental genus Pompographa Gozmány (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae), with description of a new species from Thailand, Zootaxa 4933 (4), pp. 595-600 : 598

Pomphobata barathrona ( Park, 2020) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 2D, E ; 3A, B )

Torodora barathrona Park, 2020 - Park & Bae, 2020: 306 . TL: Laos: Bolikhamsai Prov. [NIBR]

Diagnosis. Wingspan 11.0 mm. This species is superficially similar to P. concaviella Park , sp. nov., but the forewing ground color is more grayish brown, with a much larger kidney-shaped patch near the end of the discal cell. The male genitalia can be easily distinguished from those of P. concaviella by having a process on the ventral margin of the valva, lacking a spine and without a spine at lower corner of cucullus.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 2D, E ). See also Park & Bae, 2020 ( Figs. 2D, E ).

Material examined. The holotype is deposited in NIBR, Incheon, Korea: 1 3, Laos, Bolikhamsai Prov., Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area , 18°27’23’’N 103° 03’05’’E, 470 m, 2 viii 2019, leg. YS Bae, MJ Qi, DJ Lee, TG Lee, YB Cha, JH Ko, & CM Jang; gen. slide no. CIS-8103 .

Distribution. Laos.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Genitalia: A, male genitalia of P. concaiella Park, sp. nov., holotype, CIS-8169; B, ditto, aedeagus; C, ditto, abdomen; D, male genitalia of P. barathrona (Park, 2020), CIS-8103; E, ditto, aedeagus. Scale bar for genitalia and aedeagus: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 3. Adults: A, Pompographa barathrona (Park, 2020), holotype in NIBR; B, ditto, close-up antenna and labial palpus; C, Pompographa philosopha (Meyrick, 1911), lectotype in NHMUK, D, close-up right forewing.