Promalactis tricuspidata Wang et Li, 2004

Wang, Shuxia & Liu, Chen, 2020, Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) IX. The maculosa species-group, with descriptions of eighteen new species, Zootaxa 4890 (1), pp. 38-66 : 62

Promalactis tricuspidata Wang et Li, 2004

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Promalactis tricuspidata Wang et Li, 2004: 2 .

Material examined. Zhejiang: 1♂, Mt. Longtang, Qingliangfeng , 500 m, 21. V.2012, leg. LL Yang & ZG Zhang, slide No. DZH12229 ; 19♂, 13♀, Lao’an, Mt. Tianmu , 555 m, 16–19.VIII.2014, leg. AH Yin et al., slide Nos. HXM14193 ♂, HXM14211 ♀, LC19447 ♀; 1♂, 4♀, Jiufu Village, Mt. Jiulong , 520 m, 27–30.VIII.2014, leg. AH Yin et al., slide No. LC19449 ; 1♀, Laofoyan Village, Xianxialing, Jiangshan City , 465 m, 11.VIII.2018, leg. S Yu et al., slide No. JYY17977 ; Henan: 2♂, Baligou , Hui County, 780 m, 12.VII.2012, leg. XP Wang, slide No. DZH11015 ; Hainan: 1♂, Wuzhishan Nature Reserves , 742 m, 18. V.2015, leg. PX Cong et al., slide No. HS15212 ; 1♂, Bawangling Nature Reserves , 161 m, 12.III.2016, leg. QY Wang et al., slide No. JYY17759 .

Description. Female wingspan 8.0–11.0 mm.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 48 ). Apophyses anteriores slightly longer than half length of apophyses posteriores. Eighth tergite rectangular, with setae on posterior margin; eighth sternum obtusely rounded and setose on posterior margin. Ostium bursae elongate, margined with narrow erect plate except open on posterior margin, rounded on anterior margin. Seventh sternum narrowly banded, concave in middle on posterior margin, extended posterolaterally. Antrum longer than half length of ductus bursae, widened posteriorly, parallel anteriorly, heavily sclerotized laterally, with a sclerotized ring at about anterior 1/4, with a short serrate sclerite below left side of this ring. Ductus bursae membranous, dilated posteriorly, narrowed anteriorly, coiled once, longitudinally wrinkled throughout, posteriorly with a cluster of approximately 15 heavy spines all inserted into a single plate and directed leftward. Corpus bursae membranous, ovoid, less than half length of ductus bursae; signum absent.

Remarks ( Fig. 49 ). The originally published female of P. tricuspidata was associated with a male collected from the same locality in the same month. However, COI analysis showed them to be mismatched, the female belonging to P. dilatignatha Wang et Li, 2004 .

Distribution. China (Hainan, Henan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Vietnam.

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FIGURE 49. Maximum Likelihood (ML) analysis of male and female associations based on mitochondrial COI sequences.

FIGURES 42‒48. Female genitalia of Promalactis spp. 42, P. libona, paratype, slide No. JYY17722, 42a, enlarged signa, slide No. JYY17723; 43, P. medilargissima, paratype, slide No. LC19429; 44, P. ramivalvata, paratype, slide No. LC19438, 44a, enlarged ductus bursae; 45, P. curvispinosa, paratype, slide No. DZH11037; 46, P. medimacularis, paratype, slide No. JYY17829; 47, P. serraticostalis, paratype, slide No. DZH12114; 48, P. tricuspidata Wang et Li, 2004, slide No. JYY17977. Scales = 0.2 mm.