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Issue: Vol. 4422 No. 1: 22 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.1.6
Page range: 104–114
Abstract views: 94
PDF downloaded: 5

The genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in Cambodia, with description of eight new species

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Bio-Resource and Environmental Center, Division of Life Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Lepidoptera Microlepidoptera taxonomy new record Promalactis carinata

Abstract

Nine species of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 are recorded from Cambodia. Eight species are described as new: P. latiuscula Wang, sp. nov., P. curvicornuta Wang, sp. nov., P. ostacantha Wang, sp. nov., P. apicuncata Wang, sp. nov., P. granulosa Wang, sp. nov., P. argentifasciaria Wang, sp. nov., P. quadrilobata Wang, sp. nov. and P. trifasciata Wang, sp. nov. One species is newly recorded for Cambodia: P. carinata Du, Li et Wang, 2011. Photographs of adults and genitalia are provided.

 

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