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Issue: Vol. 3044 No. 1: 29 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3044.1.3
Page range: 49–64
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Taxonomic study of the genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from Hainan Province, China

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
Lepidoptera Oecophoridae Promalactis new species China

Abstract

Fifteen species of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 are recorded from Hainan Province, China, including ten new species: P. rostriformis sp. nov., P. fascispinata sp. nov., P. apicisetifera sp. nov., P. hainanensis sp. nov., P. tauricornis sp. nov., P. clavata sp. nov., P. lunularis sp. nov., P. carinata sp. nov., P. serrata sp. nov. and P. uncignatha sp. nov. The previously unknown female of P. multimaculella Lvovsky, 2000 is described. Images of adults and genitalia are provided.

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