Promalactis bitrigona Kim& Park, 2012

Kim, Sora, Bae, Yang-Seop & Lee, Seunghwan, 2019, Four new species and seven new records of Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from Laos, ZooKeys 900, pp. 69-86 : 78

Promalactis bitrigona Kim& Park, 2012 Figures 2I , 7 A–C

Promalactis bitrigona Kim & Park, 2012: 900. Type locality: Vietnam.

Material examined.

One female, Laos, Xiang khaung Prov., Ban Tha, 1204 m, 30 June 2017, Bae et al, gen. slide no. 9847/ S Kim.

Diagnosis.

The species ( Fig. 2I ) is distinguished from congeners by the three suffusions on the antemedial, postmedial, and apical areas of posterior margin of forewing. The male genitalia are characterized in having the valva with dense hairs on the costal margin ( Kim et al. 2012; Fig. 3 D–F ), and by the female genitalia ( Fig. 7 A–C ), which is characterized in having the antrum with a thumb-shaped caudal margin and the signum somewhat triangular-pyramid-shaped.

Distribution.

Laos (northeast; new record), Vietnam (north).

Figures

Figure 2. Wing pattern of Laos Promalactis A Promalactis parasuzukiella B P. suzukiella C P. uniclavata sp. nov. D P. albisquama E P. spiraliola F P. senispina sp. nov. G P. apicisetifera H P. zolotuhini I P. bitrigona J P. crassa sp. nov. K P. retusa sp. nov.

Figure 3. Genitalia of Laos Promalactis A-D P. parasuzukiella: A male genitalia B aedeagus C uncus and gnathos D apical part of valva E-H P. suzukiella: E male genitalia F aedeagus G uncus and gnathos H apical part of valva I-L P. uniclavata sp. nov.: I male genitalia J aedeagus K uncus and gnathos L dense hairs on apical part of juxta M-O P. albisquama: M male genitalia N uncus and gnathos O juxta and aedeagus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

Figure 7. Genitalia of Laos Promalactis A-C P. bitrigona: A female genitalia B antrum C signum D-F P. crassa sp. nov.: D female genitalia E lamella post-and ante-vaginalis F tiny spines in ductus bursae. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.