Promalactis latignatha Wang, 2020

Wang, Shuxia, Liu, Chen & David, Lees, 2024, Partial revision of Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae), based on specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, Zootaxa 5536 (1), pp. 1-58 : 43-44

Promalactis latignatha Wang, 2020

( Fig. 80 )

Promalactis latignatha Wang, 2020a , in Wang & Liu: 83. TL: Thailand (Chieng Mai). TD: ZMUC.

Material examined. Thailand: 1♂, Doi Suthep-Pui NP, Chiang Mai, 1460 m, 26.IV.–10.V.1989, leg. A.M. Cotton, slide No. NHMUK010317120 ; 2♀, Doi Suthep-Pui NP, Chiang Mai, 1540 m, 31.V.1989, leg. I.J. Kitching & A.M. Cotton, slide No. NHMUK010317119 .

Female genitalia ( Fig. 80 ). Apophyses anteriores 1/2 length of apophyses posteriores. Eighth sternum inverted trapezoidal. Antrum short, widened to posterior margin, sclerotized laterally. Ductus bursae with posterior 1/2 uniformly narrow, posterior 1/3 membranous, anterior 1/2 uniformly wider, heavily sclerotized from posterior 2/5 to corpus bursae, except interrupted by membrane at middle, with several short spines at beginning of sclerotized part from beyond middle. Corpus bursae ovate, less than 1/2 length of ductus bursae; signum gear-shaped, with short sub-digitate processes along margins, with three horizontal lines of 2–4 short spines.

Distribution. Thailand.

Note. The female of this species is described for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 79–84. Female genitalia of Promalactis spp. 79. P. similidierli sp. nov.; 80. P. latignatha; 81. P. vulvida; 82. P. circulignatha; 83. P. clinometra; 84. P. thiasitis. Scale bar: 79 = 0.25 mm; 80–84 = 0.2 mm.