Genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in northern Vietnam, Part III: seven new species and four newly recorded species

Abstract

This article is the third part of a series on the genus Promalactis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in northern Vietnam. Seven new species, Promalactis acanthiana Kim and Park, sp. nov., Promalactis albinparata Kim and Park, sp. nov., Promalactis asperiola Kim and Park, sp. nov., Promalactis caperatiella Kim and Park, sp. nov., Promalactis curtifasciata Kim and Park, sp. nov., Promalactis gigaspinata Kim and Park, sp. nov. and Promalactis reniformis Kim and Park, sp. nov. are described, and four species, Promalactis basifasciaria Wang, Promalactis kalimantana Lvovsky, Promalactis tauricournis Du, Li and Wang and Promalactis tricuspidata Wang and Li are reported for the first time from Vietnam. Illustrations of adults and genitalia of the species are provided.

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Keywords:

• Oecophoridae
• Promalactis
• new species
• Vietnam, taxonomy

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr Thomas C. Emmel and McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, USA, for laboratory support, and Dr Ulf Eischberger (Marktleuthern, Germany) for research grant during the first author’s visiting period from December 2011 to January 2012. We are also indebted to Vuong Pham and Cuong Ngyuen, National Institute of Plant Protection, Hanoi, for their helpful supports in collecting of material.