Promalactis roesleri Lvovksy, 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 : 1692-1693

Promalactis roesleri Lvovksy, 2000a

Promalactis roesleri Lvovsky, 2000a: 678 . TL: Holzwog, Nouli, Indonesia.

Diagnosis ( Figures 2l , 3l , 4i, 4 ia–c)

This species externally similar to P. hamatella Kim , sp. nov. in the fore wing pattern, but it can be easily differentiated by the round apex of valva bearing a small spine-like process, the juxta with a spine-shaped lobe and the aedaegus bearing short cornuti in the male genitalia.

Material examined

Four males: two males, Indonesia, Sumatra U ., 43 km, southwest P. Siantar (HW4), 1200 m, 24–26 July 1992, J.B. Heppner, gen. slide No. 9307, 9309/ S Kim; two males, Sumatra U ., Mt Simasopa, 15 km, West Sindaraya , 400 m, 28 August 1992, J .B. Heppner & E.W. Diehl.

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.