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Issue: Vol. 4363 No. 3: 12 Dec. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.3.3
Page range: 361–376
Abstract views: 153
PDF downloaded: 3

Review of the genus Promalactis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) Meyrick, 1908 (II). The suzukiella group, with descriptions of eight new species

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Gelechioidea taxonomy new species checklist Lepidoptera

Abstract

Fifty-five species of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 are placed in the suzukiella group based on the forewing patterns. Among them, eight species are described as new: P. foliprocessa Wang, sp. nov., P. similiclavata Wang, sp. nov., P. aliformis Wang, sp. nov., P. dorsiseparata Wang, sp. nov., P. albitriangula Wang, sp. nov., P. sichuanensis Wang, sp. nov., P. huemeri Wang, sp. nov., and P. grandacantha Wang, sp. nov.; the females of P. subclavata Du, Wang et Li, 2014 and P. undulata Wang, Du et Li, 2013 are described for the first time. Photographs of adults and genitalia of the new species are provided; a map showing the type localities of the 55 species in the suzukiella group is given. Species belonging to the suzukiella group are listed.

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