Promalactis tauricournis Du et al., 2011

Kim, Sora, Park, Kyu-Tek, Heppner, John B. & Lee, Seunghwan, 2014, Genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in northern Vietnam, Part III: seven new species and four newly recorded species, Journal of Natural History 48 (21), pp. 1327-1346 : 1344

Promalactis tauricournis Du et al., 2011

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Promalactis tauricournis Du et al., 2011 , Zootaxa, 3044: 49–64.

Diagnosis

This species is superficially close to P. asperiola sp. nov. in the wing pattern, but it can be differentiated by the female genitalia with sclerotized, cylindrical ductus bursae and the wrinkled seventh sternite laterally.

Material examined

One female, Tam Dao Nat. Park, Vietnam, 1108 m, 16–19 June 2008, JB Heppner, slide gen. no. SNU-9048/ S Kim .

Remark

According to the original description ( Du et al. 2011) of the species, the forewing has white scales mixed with the fuscous scales before the tornus, but the Vietnamese specimen has no such white scales. A further study is needed when additional specimens are available.

Distribution

Oriental: Vietnam (North), China (South; Du et al. 2011).

Figures

Figure 1-1. Adult. (A) Promalactis acanthiana sp. nov.; (B) Promalactis acanthiana sp. nov., wing pattern; (C) Promalactis albinparata sp. nov.; (D) Promalactis albinparata sp. nov., wing pattern; (E) Promalactis asperiola sp. nov.; (F) Promalactis asperiola, wing pattern; (G) Promalactis. basifasciaria; (H) Promalactis. basifasciaria, wing pattern.

Figure 1-2. Adult. (I) Promalactis caperatiella sp. nov.; (J) Promalactis caperatiella sp. nov., wing pattern; (K) Promalactis curtifascia sp. nov.; (L) Promalactis curtifascia sp. nov., wing pattern; (M) Promalactis gigaspina sp. nov.; (N) Promalactis gigaspina sp. nov., wing pattern; (O) Promalactis kalimantana; (P) Promalactis kalimantana, wing pattern.