Thubdora villosiphalla Park 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Park, Kyu-Tek
name: Mey, Wolfram
name: Koo, Jun-Mo
name: Prins, Jurate De
name: Akite, Perpetra
name: Cho, Soowon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lecithoceridae
Thubdora
Thubdora villosiphalla

description: 6. Thubdora villosiphalla Park, sp. nov.
(Figs. 19 A–F)
Type specimen. Holotype: male, Uganda, Mpigi, Mpanga For., 0˚12ʹ24ʹʹN 32˚18ʹ05ʹʹE, 27–30 iv 2019, KT Park, JM Koo, JD Kim; gen. slide no.CIS-7353, COI barcode CBNU119, deposited in NIBR.
Diagnosis. The new species is superficially similar to T. ghesquierei and T. trigonoides, but can be distinguished from the latter by the more elongated or distinct costal patch on forewing. The male genitalia are similar to those of T. trigonoides, but they can be distinguished by the following: uncus more concaved on caudal margin medially, latero-caudal processes of the uncus more or less sharply acute apically, and aedeagus with a bundle of long hairs, longer than half of the aedeagus. It is notable that T. trigonoides and T. villosephalla are grouped as a sister group in our phylogenetic analyses while the two species are well separated.
Description. Male (Figs. 19A, C). Forewing length 6.5 mm. Head: no distinct separable characteristics from that of T. trigonoides.
Thorax: Notum and tegula dark brown; ventral surface of legs orange white. Forewing costa arched in basal 1/3, with more or less elongated costal patch near basal 3/4; then slightly oblique; dark brown scales irregularly scattered; antemedian fascia black, well-developed; apex obtuse; termen slightly oblique; fringe black, with narrow, orange-white basal line. Hind wing broader, paler than forewing; apex produced, slightly obtuse; termen concave medially; fringe black, with narrow, orange-white basal line.
Abdomen (Fig. 19F): No hair-pencils developed in abdomen; tergite VIII with heavily sclerotized, crescent anterior margin, without spines; sternite VIII not specifically modified. Male genitalia (Figs. 19D, E): Uncus with large, latero-caudal processes, directed outwardly, slightly acute apically; anterior margin concave medially. Basal plate of gnathos with round caudal margin; median process curved pre-apically. Tegumen weakly sclerotized, incised in inverted V-shape on anterior margin. Valva expanded near base on costa, slightly concave beyond; ventral margin straight near base, expanded medially; cucullus narrowed toward apex, strongly upturned, densely setose. Juxta subparallelogramic with concave caudal and lateral sides and acute latero-caudal processes, with a narrow, long stalk antero-ventrally. Vinculum band-like, triangularly produced anteriorly. Aedeagus broad at base, gradually narrowed towards apex; cornuti with two adjacent bundles of long hair-like scales, about half the length of aedeagus.
Distribution. Uganda (Mpigi Distr.).
Etymology. This species name is derived from the Latin villus (= shaggy hair), referring to the bundle of long hair-like scales in the aedeagus of the male genitalia.
description: Published as part of Park, Kyu-Tek, Mey, Wolfram, Koo, Jun-Mo, Prins, Jurate De, Akite, Perpetra & Cho, Soowon, 2020, Fourteen new species of the genus Thubdora Park, 2018 (Lepidoptera Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae) from Uganda, and three new combinations in Ptilothyris Walsingham, 1897 from DR Congo, pp. 451-487 in Zootaxa 4759 (4) on page 479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3740949