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Issue: Vol. 5711 No. 2: 17 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.2.8
Page range: 279-286
Abstract views: 88
PDF downloaded: 5

Four new species of Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China

College of Life and Geographic Sciences; Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau in Xinjiang; Kashi University; Kashi 844000; China
College of Life and Geographic Sciences; Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecology of Pamirs Plateau in Xinjiang; Kashi University; Kashi 844000; China; College of Life Sciences; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071; China
College of Life Sciences; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071; China
Lepidoptera Microlepidoptera Gelechioidea taxonomy the commotica species-group the suzukiella species-group

Abstract

Four new species of Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 are described and illustrated from China: P. anisilobata Wang sp. nov., P. microdonta Wang sp. nov., P. subaequalis Wang sp. nov. and P. trijugasymmetra Wang sp. nov. In addition, the female of P. saligna Du & Wang, 2012 is reported for the first time. Diagnostic characters for distinguishing the new species are given.

 

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How to Cite

Min, Q., Li, H. & Wang, S. (2025) Four new species of Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China. Zootaxa, 5711 (2), 279–286. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.2.8