Genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Laos, with descriptions of five new species
Abstract
Eight species of the genus Promalactis are recognized from Laos. Among them, five species are described as new: P. unidentalis sp. nov., P. tenuiclavifera sp. nov., P. introflexa sp. nov., P. bolikhamsaiana sp. nov. and P. serrulata sp. nov.; three species are newly recorded for this country: P. carinata Du, Li et Wang, 2011, P. flavidia Kim, 2018 and P. apicuncata Wang, 2018. Images of adults and genitalia of all the new species are provided.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics