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Issue: Vol. 4303 No. 4: 11 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.4.9
Page range: 590–600
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Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from Hainan Island, China (III)

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Lepidoptera taxonomy new species China

Abstract

Seven new species of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 are described from Hainan Island, China: P. anterodilata sp. nov., P. bitriangula sp. nov., P. longiprocessa sp. nov., P. tenuivalvata sp. nov., P. unifurcata sp. nov., P. apicifurcata sp. nov., and P. longimaculata sp. nov. The female of P. serrata Du, Li & Wang, 2011 is described for the first time. Images of adults and genitalia are provided.

 

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