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Six Species of Moths (Lepidoptera) New to Korea

  • Ga-Eun Lee (The Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Jeju National University) ;
  • Yong Chull Jeun (The Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Jeju National University)
  • Received : 2023.03.16
  • Accepted : 2023.08.14
  • Published : 2023.10.31
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Abstract

As a result of investigating biodiversity of lepidopteran fauna in Korea, six species of moths within five families are reported for the first time: Bucculatrix splendida Seksjaeva (Bucculatricidae), Caloptilia isochrysa (Meyrick) (Gracillariidae), Depressaria spectrocentra Meyrick (Depressariidae), Sergeya temulenta (Omelko) (Gelechiidae), Thiotricha attenuata Omelko (Gelechiidae) and Philenora latifasciata Inoue & Kobayashi (Erebidae). Among them, Philenora Rosenstock, 1885 and Sergeya Ponomarenko, 2007 are newly recorded genera for the country. The diagnoses, redescriptions, photographs of adult and genitalia, and DNA barcode information are provided in this study.

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Acknowledgement

We would like to thank Peter Buchner (Austria) for his kind help in identifying Depressaria spectrocentra; to Kye-Tek Park (Bioresource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University, Korea) for providing us with valuable literature. 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 (NIBR202203201 and NIBR202304203).

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