A New Species of Ptilothyris Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Torodorinae) from Nigeria

Authors: Park KT* and Yu TU

DOI: 10.23880/izab-16000494

Volume 6, Issue 4

Abstract

Since Ptylothyris purpurea Walsingham, 1897 of the family Lecithoceridae was described from Nigeria, no additional species of the family has been known. As the second species of the genus Ptilothyris Walsingham reported from Nigeria, P. medleri Park, sp. nov. is described, based on a single male. The new species can be distinguished from P. purpurea by the antenna light orange throughout and the hind wing lacking orange-white patch.

Keywords: Lepidoptera; Lecithoceridae; New Species; Nigeria

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