Genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from China: Descriptions of twelve new species
Author
Du, Zhaohui
Author
Wang, Shuxia
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Promalactis albipunctata Park & Park, 1998
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Promalactis albipunctata
Park & Park, 1998: 58. Type locality: Korea (South).
Material examined.
China, Jiangxi Province: 1♂, 1 ♀, Dayu County, 18.VI.1976; 1 ♀, Mt. Jiulian, 23.V.1977, genitalia slide Nos. DZH12176 ♂, DZH12203 ♀
(
IOZ). Fujian Province: 1♂, Sangang, Mt. Wuyi, 740 m, 27.VII.2008, coll. Weichun Li, Yongling Sun & Haiyan Bai. Zhejiang Province: 1 ♀, Mt. Jiulong, 400 m, 5.VIII.2011, coll. Linlin Yang & Na Chen, genitalia slide Nos. DZH12053 ♂, DZH12054 ♀ (NKU).
Diagnosis.
Adult with wingspan 11.0−14.0 mm. This species is similar to
Promalactis parasuzukiella
Wang, 2006, but can be separated by the sacculus with a digitate apical process, the slender rod-like saccus and the aedeagus with two spine-like apical processes in the male genitalia (Fig. 29); the M-shaped lamella postvaginalis and the oval signum in the female genitalia (Fig. 36). In
Promalactis parasuzukiella
, the sacculus has no digitate apical process, the saccus is semi-oval and the aedeagus has no apical process; and the lamella postvaginalis is absent and the signum is cross shaped.
Remarks.
Promalactis albipunctata
was described by
Park and Park (1998)
on the basis of six female specimens from Korea.
Promalactis akaganea
Fujisawa, 2002 was described from three male and seventeen female specimens from Japan. By checking the photographed adult and both male and female genitalia of
Promalactis albipunctata
, we suspect that
Promalactis akaganea
is a synonym of
Promalactis albipunctata
, which can be confirmed only after checking the types of
Promalactis akaganea
.
Distribution.
China (Jiangxi); Korea.
Note.
This species is recorded from China for the first time.