Promalactis carinata Du, Li & Wang, 2011

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 : 49

Promalactis carinata Du, Li & Wang, 2011

Promalactis carinata Du, Li & Wang, 2011: 59 . TL: China (Hainan). TD: NKU.

Promalactis prolixa Kim, 2017 , in Kim et al.: 1706. syn. nov. TL: Cambodia (Siem Reap). TD:? (See Note below.)

Material examined. Thailand: 1♂, Phu Khieo , Chaiyaphum Dist., 800 m, 2–4.V.1986, leg. M.G. Allen, slide No. NHMUK010316925 ; 1♀, Khao Yai NP, Park HQ, 720 m, 31.VIII.–6.IX.1986, leg. G.S. Robinson ; 1♀, Khao Yai NP, 800 m, 22–25.II.1988, leg. J.D. & D.J. Bradley, H. Kuroko & A. Lewvanich, slide No. NHMUK010316962 ; 1♂ 1♀, Hort. Res. Stn., Fang , 500 m, 8–10.XI.1988, leg. J.D. Bradley, Angoon Lewvanich & D.S. Fletcher, slide No. NHMUK010316927 ♀; 3♂, Khao Yai NPHQ, 750 m, 26.II.–2.III.1990, leg. J.D. Bradley, D.S. Fletcher & Angoon Lewvanich, slide No. NHMUK010316918 .

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hainan, Shanxi, Yunnan), Cambodia, Thailand.

Remarks. Kim et al. (2017) described P. prolixa Kim, 2017 from Cambodia. We found it identical to P. carinata Du, Li &Wang, 2011 in forewing pattern as well as in both male and female genitalia. Hence, we treat P. prolixa as a synonym of P. carinata .

Note. The type of P. prolixa was indicated by Kim et al. (2017) as deposited in either INU, SNU, or FMNH without specifying which one was the final depository. This ambiguity remains currently and would need to be resolved by enquiring with these institutions.

This species is recorded from Thailand for the first time.