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Issue: Vol. 2239 No. 1: 24 Sep. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-09-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2239.1.3
Page range: 31–44
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 3

Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Oecophoridae I: the genus Promalactis Meyrick

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Fauna Conservation Department, Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden, Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, P. R. China
Dorset County Council, Dorchester, Dorset, England
Lepidoptera Oecophoridae Promalactis new species China

Abstract

Ten species of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 are reported based on the specimens collected from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. Seven of them are described as new: P. quinilineata sp. nov., P. similinfulata sp. nov., P. noviloba sp. nov., P. longiuncata sp. nov., P. biovata sp. nov., P. lobatifera sp. nov. and P. apicispinifera sp. nov. Images of the adults and genitalia are provided.

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