Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Oecophoridae I: the genus Promalactis Meyrick Author Wang, Shuxia Author Kendrick, Roger C. Author Sterling, Philip text Zootaxa 2009 2239 31 44 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.275204 7bd377b3-d0bb-4fdf-b776-089e83d4de1b 1175-5326 275204 Promalactis densidentalis Wang et Li, 2004 ( Figs. 10 , 20 ) Promalactis densidentalis Wang et Li, 2004 : 10 . Material examined: CHINA : 1 3, Butterfly Garden, KFBG , Hong Kong , 340 m , 7.v.2003 , leg. M. J. Sterling & R. C. Kendrick; 1 3, Kwun Yum Shan, KFBG , Hong Kong , 550 m , 6.ix.2005 , leg. M. J. Sterling & R. C. Kendrick; 1 3, KARC , Hong Kong , 200 m , 12.iv.2007 , leg. Houhun Li et al .; 1 3, KFBG Butterfly Garden, Hong Kong , 340 m , 14.iv.2007 , leg. Houhun Li et al .; 2 3, Girassol Lane, Tai Po Kau Headland, Hong Kong , 50 m , 20.iv.2007 , leg. Houhun Li et al . Diagnosis. This species is represented by the forewing having several shining white spots above and below fold ( Fig. 10 ); the valva with both costa and succulus produced into large distal processes, the former thumblike, and the latter spiniform; the lateral lobe of juxta asymmetrical, and the phallus having a number of heavily sclerotized spines distally ( Fig. 20 ). Distribution. China (Guizhou, Hong Kong ). Hong Kong distribution and status. Rare, restricted to two populations in secondary forest in the central New Territories; occurs from 50 m to 550 m elevation; flight period: possibly bivoltine, recorded in April, May and September.