Promalactis tricuspidata Wang and Li, 2004

Kim, Sora, Park, Kyu-Tek, Heppner, John B. & Lee, Seunghwan, 2014, Genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in northern Vietnam, Part III: seven new species and four newly recorded species, Journal of Natural History 48 (21), pp. 1327-1346 : 1344-1345

Promalactis tricuspidata Wang and Li, 2004

( Figures 1U, V , 2K , and 3G, H )

Promalactis tricuspidata Wang and Li, 2004 , Oriental. Insects, 38: 2.

Diagnosis

This species externally similar to P. reniformis sp. nov. in the wing pattern, but it is differentiated by the trapezoidal antrum and the short ductus bursae in female genitalia.

Material examined

Three males, Cuc Phuong Nat. Park, Vietnam, 200 m, 1–2 July 2008, JB Heppner, slide gen. no. 9051, 9040, 9278/ S Kim; one male, same locality, 155 m, 4–7 May 2009, JB Heppner, slide gen. no. SNU-9333/ S Kim .

Distribution

Oriental: Vietnam (North), China (Southwest; Wang 2006).

Figures

Figure 1-1. Adult. (A) Promalactis acanthiana sp. nov.; (B) Promalactis acanthiana sp. nov., wing pattern; (C) Promalactis albinparata sp. nov.; (D) Promalactis albinparata sp. nov., wing pattern; (E) Promalactis asperiola sp. nov.; (F) Promalactis asperiola, wing pattern; (G) Promalactis. basifasciaria; (H) Promalactis. basifasciaria, wing pattern.

Figure 1-2. Adult. (I) Promalactis caperatiella sp. nov.; (J) Promalactis caperatiella sp. nov., wing pattern; (K) Promalactis curtifascia sp. nov.; (L) Promalactis curtifascia sp. nov., wing pattern; (M) Promalactis gigaspina sp. nov.; (N) Promalactis gigaspina sp. nov., wing pattern; (O) Promalactis kalimantana; (P) Promalactis kalimantana, wing pattern.

Figure 1-3. Adult. (Q) Promalactis reniformis; (R) Promalactis reniformis, wing pattern; (S) Promalactis tauricournis; (T) Promalactis tauricournis, wing pattern; (U) Promalactis tricuspidata; (V) Promalactis tricuspidata, wing pattern.