Promalactis multimaculella Lvovsky, 2000

Du, Zhaohui, Li, Houhun & Wang, Shuxia, 2011, Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from Hainan Province, China, Zootaxa 3044, pp. 49-64 : 62-63

Promalactis multimaculella Lvovsky, 2000

( Figs. 12 , 30 )

Promalactis multimaculella Lvovsky, 2000: 680 .

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan Province: 4 3, 1 Ƥ, Mt. Wuzhi Nature Reserves (18°31ʹN, 109°24ʹE), 740 m, 13–15.iv.2009, leg. Qing Jin & Bingbing Hu; 1 3, No. 2 Work Station, Mt. Bawang (19°04ʹN, 109°02ʹE), 1000 m, 23.iv.2009, leg. Bingbing Hu & Qing Jin; 2 3, Shuiman Country (18°31ʹN, 109°24ʹE), Mt. Wuzhi, 630 m, 16.iv.2009, leg. Qing Jin & Bingbing Hu; 1 Ƥ, Mt. Jianfeng (18°25ʹN, 108°28ʹE), 940 m, 21.iv.2010, leg. Bingbing Hu & Jing Zhang.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 30 ). Apophysis anterioris about 1/2 length of apophysis posterioris. Antrum funnelshaped, sclerotized anterolaterally. Ductus bursae membranous, basal half with a row of thorn-like spines. Corpus bursae rounded; signum nearly rectangular, with weakly sclerotized carinae.

Distribution. China (Hainan), Indonesia.

Remarks. There is slight variation in the male genitalia: the cornutus is almost as long as the aedeagus in the specimens collected from Hainan Province, whereas it is about 3/4 as long as the aedeagus in the specimens collected from the type locality.

This species is newly recorded for China.

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. Adults of Promalactis spp. 7, P. lunularis sp. nov., paratype; 8, P. c a r i n a t a sp. nov., paratype; 9, P. serrata sp. nov., holotype; 10, P. uncignatha sp. nov., paratype; 11, P. jezonica (Matsumura); 12, P. multimaculella Lvovsky (7, 9, 10, 12 3, 8, 11 Ƥ).

FIGURES 23 – 30. Female genitalia of Promalactis spp. 23, P. rostriformis sp. nov., paratype, slide No. YGX 07188; 24, P. apicisetifera sp. nov., paratype, slide No. YGX 07163; 25, P. h a i n a n e n s i s sp. nov., paratype, slide No. DZH 08048; 26, P. tauricornis sp. nov., paratype, slide No. YGX 07156; 27, P. lunularis sp. nov., paratype, slide No. YGX 07181; 28, P. carinata sp. nov., paratype, slide No. DZH 08052; 29, P. j e z o n i c a (Matsumura), slide No. YGX 07173; 30, P. multimaculella Lvovsky, slide No. DZH 08085.