The genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in Cambodia, with description of eight new species
Author
Jia, Yanyan
Author
Wang, Shuxia
Author
Bae, Yang-Seop
text
Zootaxa
2018
4422
1
104
114
journal article
30047
10.11646/zootaxa.4422.1.6
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1175-5326
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Promalactis apicuncata
Wang
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 4
,
12
,
16
)
Type
material.
CAMBODIA
:
Holotype
♂
,
Seima
(
12°14'54'' N
,
107°03'15''E
),
Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary
,
Mondulkiri Province
,
16.VIII.2013
, coll.
Bae Y.S.
et al.
, slide
No.
INU-NK15159
.
Paratypes
:
1♂
, same data as holotype, slide No. W17011 (
NKU
)
;
2♂
,
1♀
,
9−12.XI.2011
, slide
Nos.
INU-NK15093
♂
, INU-NK15165
♀
, coll.
Bae Y.S.
et al.
, other same data as holotype
;
1♂
,
Samkos
(12°12'40.4 3'' N,
102°53'42.38''E
),
Pursat Province
,
830 m
,
6.II.2015
, coll.
Bae Y.S.
et al.
, slide
No.
INU-NK15136.
Diagnosis.
This new species is characterized by the forewing having an inverted irregular V-shaped tornal spot. It can be distinguished from the similar-looking species by the valva with two large ventroapical spines hooked dorsad, and with a large semicircular protuberance beyond the middle of the costa.
Description.
Adult (
Fig. 4
) wingspan 8.5−9.0mm. Head with vertex snowy white, frons silvery gray, occiput pale reddish brown. Labial palpus with second segment yellow to brownish yellow; third segment blackish brown except white at apex. Antenna with scape white; flagellum black, dorsal surface white on basal several flagellomeres, alternated with white on remaining flagellomeres. Thorax and tegula pale reddish brown. Forewing yellow, markings white edged with black scales: basal fascia from base of fold obliquely straight outward; antemedian fascia wider, sub-parallel with basal fascia, arched outward slightly, reaching upper margin of cell; costal spot sub-rectangular, slightly narrowed posteriorly, extending from distal 2/5 obliquely outward, crossing upper corner of cell ventrally; tornal spot irregularly inverted V shaped, its outer arm large, inner arm shorter and slenderer; apical spot round; two pre-apical spots placed on termen, much smaller than apical spot; cilia yellow except gray around tornus. Hindwing and cilia deep gray. Fore- and midlegs black, fore tibia with two white dots and a small apical tuft of white scales, mid tibia with a white tuft of long scales, fore and mid tarsi white at apices of first and second tarsomeres counting from base; hindleg whitish yellow on ventral side, grayish brown on dorsal side except tarsus whitish yellow at apex of each tarsomere.
Male genitalia (
Fig. 12
): Uncus wide basally, narrowed distally, rounded apically. Gnathos strong, longer than uncus, trapezoidal, straight apically. Tegumen divided from about posterior 1/4, narrowed anteriorly to rounded apex, sclerotized along edges. Valva wide at base, slightly narrowed to apex; costa concave before middle, with a large semicircular protuberance from beyond middle to before apex; ventral area setose from end of sacculus to apex, produced to two large ventroapical spines hooked dorsad. Sacculus wide at base, slightly narrowed to 2/3 of ventral margin of valva. Saccus shorter than uncus, broad triangular, rounded at apex. Juxta sub-rounded; lateral lobe slender, with sparse setae. Aedeagus stout, almost as long as valva, with wrinkles distally; cornutus large, slightly shorter than half length of aedeagus, its basal 2/3 rhombic, distal 1/3 slender, with strong spines.
Female genitalia (
Fig. 16
): Apophyses posteriores approximately twice as long as apophyses anteriores. Sternum quadrate, with fine setae on posterior margin; tergum large, rounded on posterior margin. Ostium bursae large and rounded. Antrum strong, almost uniform. Ductus bursae membranous, coiled medially, with a wide banded sclerite extending from antrum to corpus bursae. Corpus bursae elongate ovate, granulous, with two sclerotized sub-rectangular plates of granules; signum being a large rectangular plate with granules and denticles.
Distribution.
Cambodia
(
Mondulkiri
,
Pursat
).
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin
apex
and
uncatus
(hooked), referring to the hooked ventroapical spines of the valva.