Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera Oecophoridae) V. The unistriatella species group, with descriptions of seven new species
Author
Wang, Shuxia
Author
Liu, Chen
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-12
4668
4
588
598
journal article
25470
10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.10
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The
unistriatella
species group
This new species group is based primarily on the forewing pattern of member species. It is circumscribed for taxonomic convenience only and does not necessarily reflect phylogenetic relationships of the included species, which remain unassessed for the genus as a whole.
Members of the
unistriatella
species group share the following characters: the forewing has a white (Figs 1, 3–7) or a dark (Fig. 2) antemedian fascia, and is usually covered with dense dark grey scales from distal 1/3 to 2/5; the male genitalia have a single or a bilobed uncus, and usually a reduced gnathos; and the female genitalia have a developed lamella postvaginalis and a single or paired signa.
The
unistriatella
species group includes five previously described species:
P. unistriatella
Lvovsky, 2000
from
Indonesia
,
P. uncignatha
Du, Li
et
Wang, 2011
from
China
(
Hainan
),
P. quadrilobata
Wang, 2018
and
P. flavidius
Kim, 2018
from
Cambodia
, and
P. heppneri
Kim
et
Park, 2010
from
Vietnam
. The following seven new species are also included in this group.