Promalactis peculiaris Wang and Li, 2004

Du, Z. H., Wang, S. X. & Li, H. H., 2013, A review of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Taiwan, China, Journal of Natural History 48 (1 - 2), pp. 87-108 : 106-107

Promalactis peculiaris Wang and Li, 2004

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Promalactis peculiaris Wang and Li, 2004 , Oriental Insects, 38: 1. Type locality: China (Zhejiang).

Material examined

Three males and three females: one male and one female, Hueisun Exp. Forest, Nantou County, Taiwan, China, 22−24 October 1998, leg. Mey and Ebert ( MNHU); two males and two females, same locality, 650 m, 24−29 October 1998, leg. Mey and Speidel, genitalia slide Nos. MNHU-NK025 female, MNHU-NK026 female, MNHU-NK027 male, MNHU-NK028 male ( MNHU).

Distribution

China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Taiwan, Zhejiang) .

Remarks

There are some variations in this species: the male ventroapical process of the valva is blunt at apex and the saccus is three-fifths the length of valva ( Figure 3D ), the small female antrum has a V-shaped notch at middle on posterior margin ( Figure 4F ) in the specimens collected from Taiwan; the male ventroapical process of the valva is pointed at apex and the saccus is two-fifths the length of valva, the large female antrum is broadly concave in a V-shape on posterior margin in the specimens collected from the type locality.

Notes

New record for Taiwan.

Figures

Figure 1. Adults of Promalactis spp. (A) P. albilateralis sp. nov., holotype; (B) P. apicicircularis sp. nov., paratype; (C) P. brevisaccata sp. nov., paratype; (D) P. dilatata sp. nov., holotype; (E) P. flavicapitata sp. nov., holotype; (F) P. latiloba sp. nov., paratype; (G) P. subclavata sp. nov., holotype; (H) P. peculiaris Wang and Li (A, D, E, G. male; B, C, F. female).

Figure 3. Male genitalia of Promalactis spp. (A) P. flavicapitata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. MNHU-NK072; (B) P. latiloba sp. nov., holotype, slide No. MNHU-NK068; (C) P. subclavata sp. nov., holotype, slide No. MNHU-NK056; (D) P. peculiaris Wang and Li, slide No. MNHU-NK027.

Figure 4. Female genitalia of Promalactis spp. (A) P. apicicircularis sp. nov., slide No. MNHU- NK030; (B) P. brevisaccata sp. nov., slide No. MNHU-NK062; (C) P. flavicapitata sp. nov., slide No. MNHU-NK073; (D) P. latiloba sp. nov., slide No. MNHU-NK065; (E) P. latiloba, enlarged spines in ductus bursae; (F) P. peculiaris Wang and Li, slide No. MNHU-NK026.