• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.238-241
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• 2022

Two species of the Drepanidae are newly recorded from Korea. Habrosyne indica formosana Werny, 1966 and Neodaruma tamanukii Matsumura, 1933. Habrosyne indica formosana can be distinguished by the blackish forewing with a large inverse triangular medial band and the whitish pink subtermen running from the apex to tornus, and the blackish hindwing. Neodaruma tamanukii can be distinguished by the dark grayish forewing with a pair of parallel undulating, blackish antemedial and postmedial lines and a large, renal-shaped discal dot, and a pale grayish undulating subterminal line of the forewing, and the whitish hindwing with a darkly colored postmedial line and subtermen. We provide the diagnosis and figures of adult and genitalia.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.79-83
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• 2005

We investigated the species richness of macrolepidoptera (including pyralid moths) in the evergreen broad-leaved forests of southwestern coast of Korea. The studied site was Mt. Duryunsan and its neighboring area, Haenam-gun, Jollanam-do and moths were identified and analyzed after collecting them with UV light traps from 2001 to 2004. A total number of species comprised 18 families and 489 species. We expected that the number of species would be increased when the species of microlepidoptera and butterflies were included. The family Noctuidae with 181 species was dominant in the area followed by Geometridae with 129 species and Pyralidae with 72 species. Based on number of collected individuals, Geometridae was the highest and followed by Noctuidae, Pyralidae and Drepanidae. Fifty-one percent of the total species consisted of less than two specimens in the collected sample. Monthly changes of numbers of species and individuals were examined and indices of Simpson's heterogeneity and evenness were also drawn. We briefly discussed the possibility of moth species or group of species as bioindicator for assessing the condition of forest after disturbance.