Promalactis merangirella Lvovksy, 2000a

Kim, Sora, Heppner, John B. & Park, Kyu-Tek, 2017, Eight new species of the genus Promalactis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Indonesia, with a checklist of the genus, Journal of Natural History 51 (29 - 30), pp. 1671-1695 : 1690

Promalactis merangirella Lvovksy, 2000a

Promalactis merangirella Lvovsky, 2000a: 676 . TL: Dolok Merangir, Indonesia.

Diagnosis ( Figures 2h , 3h , 4f, 4 fa,b)

This species is superficially similar to Promalactis mooatana sp. nov. in the fore wing pattern, but it can be easily differentiated by the heavily oblique antemedial band and the larger costal patch reaching halfway across wing, and the male genitalia with cornutus absent. The first author checked the adult characters given by Wang et al. (2013) and the genitalic characters based on the figures by Lvovsky (2000a). In the taxonomical key of Southeast Asian Promalactis by Wang et al. (2013), this species has one band (= fascia) in the wing pattern, but the specimen of the species examined in this study has two bands: a subbasal band and an antemedial band. The male genitalic character of this species is well accordance with those of P. merangirella given by Lvovsky (2000a). It is necessary to check the fore wing of the species in further study.

Material examined

One male . Indonesia, Sumatra U., 43 km, southwest P . Siantar (HW4), 1200 m, 24–26 July 1992, J .B. Heppner , gen . slide No. 9311/S Kim.

Distribution

Indonesia (Sumatra: North, Northeast).

Figures

Figure 2. Adult of Promalactis. (a) Promalactis brevivalva; (b) Promalactis diazomatis sp. nov.; (c) Promalactis diehli; (d) Promalactis hamatella sp. nov.; (e) Promalactis ingenticula sp. nov.; (f) Promalactis laetusella sp. nov.; (g) Promalactis latifundus sp. nov.; (h) Promalactis merangirella; (i) Promalactis minutispina sp. nov.; (j) Promalactis mooatana sp. nov.; (k) Promalactis nataliae; (l) Promalactis roesleri; (m) Promalactis sumatrana; (n) Promalactis trigonilancis sp. nov.

Figure 3. Wing pattern of Promalactis. (a) Promalactis brevivalva; (b) Promalactis diazomatis sp. nov.; (c) Promalactis diehli; (d) Promalactis hamatella sp. nov.; (e) Promalactis ingenticula sp. nov.; (f) Promalactis laetusella sp. nov.; (g) Promalactis latifundus sp. nov.; (h) Promalactis merangirella; (i) Promalactis minutispina sp. nov.; (j) Promalactis mooatana sp. nov.; (k) Promalactis nataliae; (l) Promalactis roesleri; (m) Promalactis sumatrana; (n) Promalactis trigonilancis sp. nov.