Promalactis densimacularis, Wang, Li et Zheng, 2000

Wang, Shuxia & Liu, Chen, 2020, Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) VIII. The densimacularis species group, with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4748 (1), pp. 78-86 : 78-86

The densimacularis group

Diagnostic characters. Moths of the densimacularis species group are characterized by the forewing having three black patches extending ventrad from the costal margin, often edged with a white line on the outer margins of the basal and median patches, and the dorsum with two obliquely straight white streaks across the fold anteriorly ( Figs. 1–2 ); in the male genitalia by having a broad lingulate gnathos that is scaled distally and that often has a conspicuous membranous process apically; in the female genitalia the ductus bursae has numerous denticles or spines. This group includes a total of 18 species, comprising 14 previously described species, and four new species described herein.

Figures

FIGURES 1‒4. Adults of Promalactis spp. 1, P. simingshana, holotype, ♂; 2, P. costispinata, holotype, ♂; 3, P. trimaculata, holotype, ♂; 4, P. yongjiana, holotype, ♂. Scales=2 mm.