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Promalactis nataliae Lvovsky 2000

Description

Promalactis nataliae Lvovsky, 2000a

Promalactis nataliae Lvovsky, 2000a: 670. TL: Dolok Merangir, Indonesia.

Diagnosis (Figures 2k, 3k, 4h, 4 ha,b)

This species is superficially close to P. trigonilancis sp. nov. in the wing pattern, but it can be easily distinguished by the genitalic characters. The male genitalia are distinguished by the bifurcate uncus, elongated cucullus and process of sacculus.

Material examined

One male. Indonesia, Sumatra U., 43 km, southwest P. Siantar (HW4), 1200 m, 24–26 July 1992, J.B. Heppner, gen. slide No. 9324/S Kim.

Distribution

Indonesia (Sumatra: North, Northeast).

Notes

Published as part of Kim, Sora, Heppner, John B. & Park, Kyu-Tek, 2017, Eight new species of the genus Promalactis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Indonesia, with a checklist of the genus, pp. 1671-1695 in Journal of Natural History 51 (29 - 30) on page 1692, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1353154, http://zenodo.org/record/4746796

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1992-07-24
Family
Oecophoridae
Genus
Promalactis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Lvovsky
Species
nataliae
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1992-07-24/26
Taxonomic concept label
Promalactis nataliae Lvovsky, 2000 sec. Kim, Heppner & Park, 2017

References

  • Lvovsky AL. 2000 a. New and little known species of oecophorid moths of the genera Epicallima Dyar, 1903 and Promalactis Meyrick 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Southeast Asia. Entomol Obozr. 79 (3): 664 - 691.