Eight new species of the genus Promalactis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Indonesia, with a checklist of the genus

ABSTRACT

Eight new species of Promalactis were discovered from Indonesia: Promalactis diazomatis sp. nov., Promalactis hamatella sp. nov., Promalactis ingenticula sp. nov., Promalactis laetusella sp. nov., Promalactis latifundus sp. nov., Promalactis minutispina sp. nov., Promalactis mooatana sp. nov. and Promalactis trigonilancis sp. nov. Illustrations of adults and genitalia of the new species and taxonomic information for the six previously known species from Indonesia are provided. A checklist of the genus in Indonesia is given.

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KEYWORDS:

• Indonesia
• new species
• Oecophoridae
• Promalactis
• taxonomy

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge Dr Thomas C. Emmel (Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, USA) for the loan of material. This research was supported by the Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences (RIALS), Republic of Korea.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by a Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2017R1D1A1B03030640). This research was supported by the Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences (RIALS), Republic of Korea.