''Promalactis'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this.
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Taxonomic history
The genus was established by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Life and work
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in 1908. It currently comprises 179 valid species worldwide, distributed mainly in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. China has the greatest diversity, with 101 recorded species.
Identification
''Promalactis'' is represented by the combination of the following characters: the smooth head with metallic lustre, the lanceolate forewings with various dark or white markings against yellow to deep ochreous-brown ground colour; the variously shaped symmetrical or asymmetrical valvae and a narrow to very broad sacculus in the male genitalia; and a developed to ill-defined lamella postvaginalis and an elongate thin ductus bursae in the female genitalia.
Biology
Little is known about the biology of this genus. Meyrick reported that larvae fed on rotten wood or bark of
Pinaceae
The Pinaceae (), or pine family, are conifer trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as Cedrus, cedars, firs, Tsuga, hemlocks, Pinyon_pine, piñons,
larches, pines and spruces. The family is incl ...
and other trees.
Genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from China: Descriptions of twelve new species
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Species
References
* , & , 2011: Taxonomic study of the genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Hainan Province, China. ''Zootaxa
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* , 2012: One new species and two newly recorded species in the genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China. ''Entomotaxonomia'' 34 (2): 247-252.
* , 2009: Four new species of the genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick, 1908 from China (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). ''SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología'' 37 (147): 319-325.
* , 2011: Two new species and two newly recorded species of the genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China. ''Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica'' 36 (3): 581-585. Abstract and full article
* , 2002: The genus ''Promalactis'' (Oecophoridae) from Japan. ''Japan Heterocerists' Journal'' 218: 337-350.
* , 2012: Genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in northern Vietnam. Part II: six new species of the genus. ''Journal of Natural History'' 46 (15-16): 897-909. Abstract: .
* , 2010: Genus ''Promalactis'' (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from North Vietnam, Part 1: description of five new species. ''Florida Entomologist'' 93 (4): 546-557. Full article
* , 1985: New species of the broad winged moths (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Primorye Region. ''Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Leningrad'' 134: 95-101.
* , 1986: A review of the broad-winged moths (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) of the Far East. ''Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Leningrad'' 145: 72-74.
* , 1988: New and little known species of broad-winged moths (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Vietnam. ''Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR'' 176: 120-128.
* , 1997: New and little-known species of oecophorid moths (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Vietnam. ''Zoologicheskii Zhurnal'' 76 (6): 759-762.
* , 2000: New and little known species of oecophorid moths of the genera ''Epicalima'' Dyar, 1903 and ''Promalactis'' Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from South East Asia. ''Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie'' 79 (3): 664-691. (= ''Entomological Review'' 2000 80 (5): 544-568).
* , 2000: A new subspecies of ''Promalactis autoclina'' Meyrick, 1935 from Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). ''Atalanta'' 31 (1/2): 245-247.
* , 2007: New species of the moth genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick, 1908 from Indonesia and Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). ''Zoosystematica Rossica'' 16 (1): 127-130.
* , 2010: A new species of the genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick, 1908 from China (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). ''Atalanta'' 41 (1/2): 271-272.
* , 1998: Genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of six new species. ''Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology'' 1 (1): 51-70.
* ; ; 2009: Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Oecophoridae I: the genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick
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Abstract & excerpt
* 1998: ''Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica'', 23 (4)
* , 2006: Oecophoridae of China (Insecta: Lepidoptera). 1-258. Science Press, Beijing.
* ; 2004: A study on the genus ''Promalactis'' from China: descriptions of 15 new species (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). ''Oriental Insects'', 38: 1-25.
* , 2000: A study on the genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China: five new species and two new record species. ''Entomologia Sinica'' 7 (4): 289-298.
* , 2001: One new species and one new record of the genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick from China (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). ''Acta Entomologica Sinica'' 44 (1): 92-94. Abstract
* , 2007: A new species and a newly reported female of the genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China. ''Entomotaxonomia'' 29 (4): 287-298. Abstract
* , 1998: five new species and one new record of the genus ''Promalactis'' Meyrick from China. ''Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica'' 10 (23): 399-405. Full articl
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Oecophorinae