Promalactis brevivalva Lvovsky, 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 : 1672

Promalactis brevivalva Lvovsky, 2000a

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

Diagnosis ( Figures 2a , 3a , 4a, 4 aa,b)

This species is similar to Promalactis diehli Lvovsky, 2000a in the wing pattern, but it can be easily distinguished by the fore wing without a white medial band. The male genitalia are also close to P. diehli Lvovsky , but it can be distinguished by the shorter and thicker juxta bearing dense hairs caudally, and the cucullus heavily sclerotized and the sacculus with a claviform process.

Material examined

One male: Indonesia, Sumatra U ., 7 km, southeast Parapat, 1400 m, 30 August 1992, J.B. Heppner & E.W. Diehl, gen. slide no. No. 9351/S. Kim.

Distribution

Indonesia (Sumatra: north, northeastern).

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.