This study reviewed the genus Meyrick, 1880 on the Ogasawara Islands, Japan with regards to eight recognized species, two of which were known ( Moriuti & Kadohara, 1994 and (Butler, 1881)), two of which are newly recorded ( (Walsingham, 1897) and (Meyrick, 1931)), and four of which are new species ( , , , and ). Photographs of adult specimens and of their genitalia as well as illustrations of wing venation are provided. A preliminary phylogenetic tree based on mitochondrial DNA (the partial COI region, DNA barcode region) includes seven species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe describe two new species of the genus Glaucocharis from the Ogasawara Islands of Japan: G. triochellaris Matsui, Yagi & Hirowatari, sp. nov.
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September 2023
Ninety-eight species of the family Adelidae, belonging to three genera in two subfamilies, were recorded and described in China, with illustrations of the adults and their genitalia. Keys to subfamilies, genera and species are also provided. Twenty-four new species are described, nine species are newly recorded from China, and four new combinations are made.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of the genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, Nemophora lutea Ko & Hirowatari sp. nov. is described from Korea, which is very similar to N.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus Rondani, 1876 belongs to the family Gelechiidae, which was until recently believed to comprise 26 species worldwide and mainly occurring in the Oriental region. Previously, only (Meyrick, 1908) had been recorded from this genus in Japan. In this study, five other species were identified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species Stereodytis eclipsia Tomura & Hirowatari sp. nov. from Japan is described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe taxonomy and biology of the immature stages of two gelechiid species of Thiotricha Meyrick, 1886, found in the southeastern part of the Sino-Japanese region is presented. Thiotricha lumnitzeriella Kyaw, Ueda Hirowatari sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo new species of the genus Promalactis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) are described from Japan: P. inokoi Tomura Komatsu sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAsian species of the genus Vespina Davis, 1972 (Lepidoptera, Incurvariidae) are mainly reviewed. Vespina meridiana Hirowatari Yagi sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiagnoses and notes on biology and distribution of Japanese species of the suberis and angulifasciella groups of the genus Ectoedemia Busck, 1907 are given. Two species, E. chasanella Puplesis, 1984 and E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA part of Japanese species of the genus Meyrick, 1886 are reviewed. Three species described by Omelko (1984) in the genus Meyrick, 1918 are placed in combination with ; , and These species are redescribed, and two new species, Kyaw, Yagi & Hirowatari, and Kyaw, Yagi & Hirowatari, are described based on external morphological characters of adults and genitalia of males and females. (Park, 2016), described in from Korea, is newly recorded in Japan feeding on (Euphorbiaceae).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo new species of Bucculatrix are described from China: adults and male genitalia of B. yingjingensis Liao, Yagi Huang, sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of long-legged clearwing moth Teinotarsina aurantiaca Yagi, Hirowatari & Arita, sp. n. is described from Okinawa-jima, the Ryukyus, Japan.
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