Promalactis spinosicornuta Du & Wang, 2013

Wang, Shuxia & Liu, Chen, 2021, Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) X. The commotica species-group, with descriptions of twenty-two new species, Zootaxa 4980 (2), pp. 293-330 : 318

Promalactis spinosicornuta Du & Wang, 2013

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Promalactis spinosicornuta Du & Wang, 2013 , Zookeys , 285: 39. TL: China (Tibet). TD: IZCAS.

Material examined. Tibet: 8♂, 3♀ , Chengjiao , Motuo County, 1016 m, 4‒5.VIII.2018, leg. MJ Qi, slide Nos. LC 19318 ♀, LC19319 ♂, LC19778 ♀; 1♂, 80K, Motuo Road , Motuo County, 2076 m, 6.VIII.2018, leg. MJ Qi, slide No. LC 19322 .

Description. Female forewing length 5.0‒ 5.5 mm.

Abdomen: Female genitalia ( Fig. 55 ). Apophyses anteriores about half as long as apophyses posteriores. Eighth tergum sub-quadrangular, with sparse setae; eighth sternum rectangular, rounded and setose on posterior margin, incised in middle from posterior margin. Antrum cup-shaped, with a curved band arising from dorsal surface near posterior margin laterally. Ductus bursae long, coiled and scattered with several spines. Corpus bursae membranous, ovate, shorter than half length of ductus bursae; signum absent.

Distribution. China (Tibet).

Notes. The female is described for the first time.

Figures

FIGURES 51‒55. Female genitalia of Promalactis spp. 51, P. quadriprocessa, paratype, slide No. JYY17889; 52, P. ramiformis, paratype, slide No. LC19335; 53, P. senticosa, paratype, slide No. LC19308, 53a, enlarged corpus bursae, slide No. LC19315; 54, P. similibellatula, paratype, slide No. JYY17918; 55, P. spinosicornuta, slide No. LC19318. Scales = 0.2 mm.