Torodora ochrometra (Meyrick, 1933) Park & Prins, 2019

Park, Kyu-Tek & Prins, Willy De, 2019, A review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of southern Africa, based on type specimens deposited in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (TMSA), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4623 (1), pp. 61-89 : 87

Torodora ochrometra (Meyrick, 1933) , comb. nov.

Lecithocera ochrometra Meyrick, 1933 , Exotic Microlepidoptera 4: 356. TL: N. Rhodesia [ Zambia]. [NHMUK].

Adult. Wingspan 19 mm.

Male genitalia: a study of the figures given in Clarke (1965, Pl. 74, Figs. 1, 1a, b ) clearly demonstrates that this species belongs to Torodora , and hence it is transferred here to that genus.

Material examined. Male (holotype), [ Zambia], N Rhodesia, Congo-Zambesi watershed (H.S. Evans) in NHMUK .

Distribution. Zambia (Meyrick 1933).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Photos in the TMSA.A, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (= formerly Transvaal Museum) in Pretoria; B, An exhibition at the entrance of the museum; C, Photo of A.J.T. Janse (1875–1970).