Torodora septentriella Park & Koo & Minet & Razafindranaivo 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Park, Kyu-Tek
name: Koo, Jun-Mo
name: Minet, Joël
name: Razafindranaivo, Victor
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Lecithoceridae
Torodora
Torodora septentriella

description: 9. Torodora septentriella Park & Koo, sp. nov.
(Fig. 11)
LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A145ADD8-3487-4D8F-9ED0-D44DB362C7D3
Type specimen. Holotype: Male, North Madagascar, north of Mangindrano, protected area, Integral Natural Reserve 4, alt. 1,950 m, Andohanimaevarano, 16–29 ix 1971, leg. P. Soga; gen. slide no. CIS-7391 (in MNHN).
Diagnosis. The new species is somewhat similar to M. randimella (Viette, 1957) in characters of the habitus and male genitalia, but it can be distinguished from it by the more grayish-orange ground color of the forewing and the pale orange color of the hind wing, and a stouter aedeagus in the male genitalia.
Description. Male (Figs. 11A, B). Wingspan, 22.0 mm. Head: pale grayish orange centrally, with creamywhite, long erect scales laterally. Antenna slightly longer than forewing; scape elongated, slightly dilated distally, yellowish white speckled with brownish scales; flagellum yellowish white, without distinct annulations. 2 nd segment of labial palpus thickened, pale grayish orange on outer surface, paler on inner surface; 3 rd segment as long as 2 nd segment, yellowish white laterally, brownish ventrally. Thorax: tegula and thorax grayish orange dorsally. Forewing slightly dilated distally; ground color pale grayish orange, with scattered brownish orange scales; antemedian band absent; postmedian band oblique, sharply angled on vein M 1; costa arched around basal 1/3, nearly straight medially, then slightly oblique beyond 3/4; apex rather acute; termen oblique, concave above middle; fringe concolorous, with brownish median line; venation with R 5 to termen; M 2 close to M 3 at base, nearly parallel to M 3; CuA 1 and CuA 2 stalked for 1/2. Hind wing venation complete; base of M 2 remote from M 3 +CuA 1; M 3 and CuA 1 stalked for basal 1/3. Abdomen (Fig. 11E): grayish orange dorsally; spinose zones narrow, lying along posterior edges of terga.
Male genitalia (Figs. 11C, D): Uncus long, slender, arched, reaching caudal edge of basal plate of gnathos. Basal plate of gnathos elliptical; median process very small. Tegumen strongly angled at latero-distal corner, deeply concave on anterior margin. Valva slightly angled in basal 1/4, deeply concave on costa; ventral margin deeply emarginated before lower corner of cucullus; cucullus elongated, slightly upturned, costal margin nearly straight, ventral margin gently arched, with round apex. Juxta deeply concave on caudal margin. Vinculum a narrow band. Aedeagus stout, broader than cucullus, as long as valva; dorsal margin nearly S-shaped, produced apically; cornuti consisting of a S-shaped spine (measuring about 1/3 the length of aedeagus) and a cluster of numerous minute spinules.
Female unknown.
Distribution. Madagascar (North).
Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin word septentrio, -onis (= North), referring to the northern location of the type locality.
description: Published as part of Park, Kyu-Tek, Koo, Jun-Mo, Minet, Joël & Razafindranaivo, Victor, 2023, Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Madagascar: I. Descriptions of eighteen new species of Torodora Meyrick, 1894, pp. 151-184 in Zootaxa 5264 (2) on pages 167-168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7836316