First record of genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: oecophoridae) from Cambodia with five new species

ABSTRACT

In this study, species of the genus Promalactis found in Cambodia are reviewed for the first time. Five new species, P. infundibulina sp. nov., P. prolixa sp. nov., P. seimana sp. nov., P. serratiola sp. nov., P. spiraliola sp. nov., are described. Promalactis albisquama Kim and Park is also newly discovered in Cambodia. Illustrations of adults and genitalia of each species are also provided with distributional data.

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KEYWORDS:

• New species
• genus Promalactis
• Oecophoridae
• Cambodia

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr. Thomas Emmel, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, USA, for loan of material. We also thank Prof. Jongcheol Paik of Suncheon Univ., Korea, for naming of new species.

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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 grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR201704201), and the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2017R1D1A1B03030640). This research was also supported by the Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences (RIALS), Republic of Korea.