Promalactis albisquama Kim & Park, 2010

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 : 73-74

Promalactis albisquama Kim & Park, 2010 Figures 2D , 3 M–O

Promalactis albisquama Kim & Park, 2010: 548. Type locality. Vietnam, Tamdao.

Material examined.

1♂, Laos, Vientiane Prov., Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area, 7 December 2012, Lee et al., gen. slide no. 9511/S. Kim.

Diagnosis.

The species ( Fig. 2D ) is externally similar to P. suzukiella in the wing pattern but can be easily differentiated from the latter in having the forewing without a subbasal band and in having the fuscous suffusion denser near apex. The male genitalia ( Fig. 3 M–O ) are also distinguished from those of P. suzukiella by the bifurcate uncus, the distinct juxta, and the extremely longer saccus.

Distribution.

Laos (northwest; new record), Cambodia (northwest), China (south), 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.