Promalactis Meyrick, 1908a
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2013.862576 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4331874 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B2F305-FB52-FFA8-FEAB-7996D2731830 |
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Carolina |
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Promalactis Meyrick, 1908a |
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Promalactis Meyrick, 1908a View in CoL , J. Bombay Nat. His. Soc., 18: 806. Type species: Promalactis holozona Meyrick, 1908 View in CoL . Type locality: Coorg, S. India. Promalactis acanthiana Kim and Park , sp. nov.
( Figures 1A, B View Figure 1-1 , 2A View Figure 1-2 , and 3A–D View Figure 1-3 )
Diagnosis
This species is externally similar to Promalactis albisquama Kim and Park , and Promalactis clavata Du, Li and Wang , by having an oblique band-like marking and a semi-circular costal patch in forewing pattern, but can be distinguished by the male genitalia with a long cornutus of the aedeagus.
Description
Adult ( Figure 1A, B View Figure 1-1 ). Head ( Figure 2A View Figure 1-2 ): Frons shiny whitish-yellow, vertex deep yellowish-brown. Antenna with scape entirely white, as long as diameter of eye; flagellum white basally and mixed with dark brown alternately from one-third along to apex. Labial palpus dark brown except basal part of third segment entirely white; third segment almost same length as second segment. Thorax: Thorax yellowish-brown; tegula darker than thorax. Wing expanse 8.0– 8.5 mm. Forewing ground colour yellowish-brown; two white markings surrounded by fuscous scales presented; one oblique, from one-third costal margin transverse to one-half of posterior margin, band-like and the other costal patch at two-thirds of costa of forewing; fringes white at termen, speckled with fuscous scales, partly greyish-brown fringes beyond apex and before tornus. Hindwing more or less lanceolate; fringes greyish-brown. Leg: hind leg pale yellowish-brown ventrally, except dark brown medial to fifth segment of tarsus.
Male genitalia ( Figure 3A–D View Figure 1-3 ). Uncus bell-shaped, wide at base. Gnathos tongue-like, as long as uncus. Valva more or less broad; costa densely setose from one-third beyond apex to apical sacculus; apex thumb-like. Juxta with a pair of symmetrical lobes, extremely long, slightly shorter than valva. Saccus wide at base, as long as
tegumen. Aedeagus long, straightly developed, as same length as juxta; cornutus placed apically, one-quarter length of aedeagus.
Female genitalia. Unknown.
Holotype
Male , Tam Dao Nat. Park, Vietnam, 1000 m, 5 May 2005, KT Park and S Kim, slide gen. no. SNU-9273/ S Kim; Paratype. One male, Tam Dao Nat. Park,
Vietnam, 1000 m, 4 May 2005, KT Park and S Kim, slide gen. no. SNU-9276/ S Kim.
Distribution
Oriental: Vietnam (North).
Etymology
The specific name is derived from the Latin, acanth -i (= spine) plus a Latin suffix - ana, referring to spine-like cornutus of the male genitalia.
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