Eight new species of the genus Promalactis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Indonesia, with a checklist of the genus
Author
Kim, Sora
Author
Heppner, John B.
Author
Park, Kyu-Tek
text
Journal of Natural History
2017
2017-08-15
51
29 - 30
1671
1695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1353154
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2017.1353154
1464-5262
4746796
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Promalactis hamatella
Kim
,
sp. nov.
Diagnosis
This species is similar to
Promalactis roesleri
Lvovksy, 2000a
, in the wing pattern, but it can be easily distinguished by the male genitalia with the valva blunt at apex, the juxta with a large hook-shaped lobe, and the aedeagus bearing distinctly developed two cornuti.
Figure 4 (continued).
Figure 4.
Male genitalia of
Promalactis
. (a)
Promalactis brevivalva
; (aa) aedeagus of
P. brevivalva
; (ab) cucullus and process of sacculus of
P. brevivalva
; (b)
Promalactis diazomatis
sp. nov.
; (ba) aedeagus of
P. diazomatis
; (bb) uncus of
P. diazomatis
; (bc) valva of
P. diazomatis
; (c)
Promalactis diehli
; (ca) aedeagus of
P. diehli
; (cb) cucullus and process of sacculus of
P. diehli
; (d)
Promalactis hamatella
sp. nov.
; (da) aedeagus of
P. hamatella
; (db) uncus and gnathos of
P. hamatella
; (dc) lobe of juxa of
P. hamatella
; (dd) cornuti of
P. hamatella
; (e)
Promalactis ingenticula
sp. nov.
; (ea) aedeagus of
P. ingenticula
; (eb) uncus and gnathos of
P. ingenticula
; (f)
Promalactis merangirella
; (fa) aedeagus of
P. merangirella
; (fb) apical part of aedeagus of
P. merangirella
; (g)
Promalactis mooatana
sp. nov.
; (ga) aedeagus of
P. mooatana
; (gb) uncus and gnathos of
P. mooatana
; (gc) valva of
P. mooatana
; (h)
Promalactis nataliae
; (ha) aedeagus of
P. nataliae
; (hb) uncus and gnathos of
P. nataliae
; (i)
Promalactis roesleri
; (ia) aedeagus of
P. roesleri
; (ib) uncus and gnathos of
P. roesleri
; (ic) apical cornutus of
P. roesleri
; (j)
Promalactis sumatrana
; (ja) aedeagus of
P. sumatrana
; (jb) cucullus and process of sacculus of
P. sumatrana
; (k)
Promalactis trigonilancis
sp. nov.
, (ka) aedeagus of
P. trigonilancis
; (kb) uncus and gnathos of
P. trigonilancis
; (kc) sclerotized area of apical aedeagus of
P. trigonilancis
; scale bar, 0.5 mm.
Figure 4 (continued).
Figure 4 (continued).
Figure 5.
Female genitalia of
Promalactis
. (a)
Promalactis diehli
; (aa) signa of
P. diehli
; (b)
Promalactis laetusella
sp. nov.
; (ba) tiny spines in ductus bursae of
P. laetusella
; (c)
Promalactis latifundus
sp. nov.
; (ca) tiny spines in ductus seminalis of
P. latifundus
; (d)
Promalactis minutispina
sp. nov.
; (da) spines in ductus bursae of
P. minutispina
; (e)
Promalactis sumatrana
; (ea) lamella postvaginalis of
P. sumatrana
; (eb) singum of
P. sumatrana
; (f)
Promalactis trigonilancis
sp. nov.
, (fa) signa of
P. trigonilancis
; scale bar, 0.5 mm.
Figure 5 (continued).
Description
Adult (
Figures 2d
,
3d
).
Head: Frons whitish pale yellowish brown. Vertex white with yellowish brown occiput. Antenna with scape white entirely, as long as diameter of eye; flagellum white and brown alternately dorsally. Labial palpus with yellowish brown of second segment; third segment white basally, tinged with dark brown to apex; third
segment longer than second segment. Thorax: Thorax dark brown. Tegula yellowish brown. Wingspan 9.5–10.0 mm. Fore wing ground colour yellowish brown; three white bands edged with fuscous scales: subbasal band very oblique, nearly straight; antemedian band much broader than subbasal band, from one-quarter of costa to one-third of posterior margin, broadened at both ends; postmedian band connected to costal patch, gradually narrowed toward posterior margin; costal patch at two-thirds, semiovate; a spot at apex, weakly developed; fringes dark brown, except white near apex. Hind wing ground colour pale greyish brown; fringes greyish brown.
Male genitalia (
Figure 4d, 4
da–d).
Uncus long, tougue-shaped, wide at base, gradually narrorwed toward sub-apex, with thumb-like apical process. Gnathos inverted bellshaped, wide at base, gradually narrowed toward sub-apex and then straight to apex with blunt caudal margin, rarely setose on lateral margin. Tegumen simple, twice as long as uncus. Valva asymmetrical with blunt apex; costa slightly concave before middle, gradually convex to sub-apex, setose from four-fifths to apex; saccular weakly sclerotized, broad basally and narrowed toward termination, extending tow-thirds of posterior margin, setose from four-fifths to apex. Juxta with large hook-shaped lobe bearing pointed apex, longer than uncus plus tegumen. Saccus funnel-shaped. Aedaegus wide at base, slightly bent before apex. Cornuti two: shorter one one-quarter length of the other; longer one half length of aedeagus; the latter one dividing into two, bifurcate with different length.
Female unknown
Holotype
Male. Northern
Sumatra
Rd.
28 km
, southwest
P. Siantar
,
1050 m
,
17 July 1993
,
J.B. Heppner
, gen. slide no. 9317/
S. Kim.
Distribution
Indonesia
(
Sumatra
: North).
Etymology
The specific name is derived from the Latin
hamat
- (= hooked), plus the Latin suffix -
tella
, referring to a large hooked-shaped lobe of juxta in the male genitalia.