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.