Promalactis nataliae Lvovsky, 2000a

Kim, Sora, Heppner, John B. & Park, Kyu-Tek, 2017, Eight new species of the genus Promalactis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Indonesia, with a checklist of the genus, Journal of Natural History 51 (29 - 30), pp. 1671-1695 : 1692

Promalactis nataliae Lvovsky, 2000a

Promalactis nataliae Lvovsky, 2000a: 670 . TL: Dolok Merangir, Indonesia.

Diagnosis ( Figures 2k , 3k , 4h, 4 ha,b)

This species is superficially close to P. trigonilancis sp. nov. in the wing pattern, but it can be easily distinguished by the genitalic characters. The male genitalia are distinguished by the bifurcate uncus, elongated cucullus and process of sacculus.

Material examined

One male . Indonesia, Sumatra U., 43 km, southwest P . Siantar (HW4), 1200 m, 24–26 July 1992, J .B. Heppner , gen . slide No. 9324/S Kim.

Distribution

Indonesia (Sumatra: North, Northeast).

Figures

Figure 2. Adult of Promalactis. (a) Promalactis brevivalva; (b) Promalactis diazomatis sp. nov.; (c) Promalactis diehli; (d) Promalactis hamatella sp. nov.; (e) Promalactis ingenticula sp. nov.; (f) Promalactis laetusella sp. nov.; (g) Promalactis latifundus sp. nov.; (h) Promalactis merangirella; (i) Promalactis minutispina sp. nov.; (j) Promalactis mooatana sp. nov.; (k) Promalactis nataliae; (l) Promalactis roesleri; (m) Promalactis sumatrana; (n) Promalactis trigonilancis sp. nov.

Figure 3. Wing pattern of Promalactis. (a) Promalactis brevivalva; (b) Promalactis diazomatis sp. nov.; (c) Promalactis diehli; (d) Promalactis hamatella sp. nov.; (e) Promalactis ingenticula sp. nov.; (f) Promalactis laetusella sp. nov.; (g) Promalactis latifundus sp. nov.; (h) Promalactis merangirella; (i) Promalactis minutispina sp. nov.; (j) Promalactis mooatana sp. nov.; (k) Promalactis nataliae; (l) Promalactis roesleri; (m) Promalactis sumatrana; (n) Promalactis trigonilancis sp. nov.