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Issue: Vol. 5752 No. 2: 26 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.1.6
Page range: 134-140
Abstract views: 27
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Four species of the sakaiella group of Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China

College of Life and Geographic Sciences; Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau in Xinjiang; Kashi University; Kashi 844000; China
College of Life and Geographic Sciences; Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau in Xinjiang; Kashi University; Kashi 844000; China; College of Life Sciences; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071; China
College of Life Sciences; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071; China
Lepidoptera Microlepidoptera Gelechioidea new species taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 are described: P. bifolia Wang sp. nov., P. maoxianensis Wang sp. nov., and P. serpentina Wang sp. nov. The female of P. spiniflagellata Wang, 2019 is reported for the first time. Diagnostic characters to distinguish the new species from their allies are provided. Images of adults and illustrations of genitalia are included.

 

References

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  2. Meyrick, E. (1908) Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera VIII. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 18, 806–832.
  3. Min, Q.Y., Li, H.H. & Wang, S.X. (2025) Four new species of Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China. Zootaxa, 5711 (2), 279–286. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.2.8
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How to Cite

Min, Q., Li, H. & Wang, S. (2026) Four species of the sakaiella group of Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China. Zootaxa, 5752 (2), 134–140. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.1.6