• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.78-80
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• 2020

A sphingid species, Macroglossum corythus Walker, 1856 is newly recorded from Korea. Macroglossum corythus can be characterized by grayish or dark greenish fore- and hindwings, blackish basal, ante- and postmedial lines with a blackish discal dot on the forewing and transverse antemedial line, as well as a strongly dentate postmedial line and a thick, dark brownish tinged subterminal line on the hindwing. The male genitalia of Macroglossum corythus can be characterized by the long saccular process of valva and the phallus with one hooked distal process and the large penshaped cornutus and a notched ridge. The female genitalia of Macroglossum corythus can be characterized by the long tubular ductus bursae and the long ovate corpus bursae with multiple stripes and a long triangular patch of minute signa. To date, six species of the genus Macroglossum have been identified in Korea.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.53-57
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• 1964

In this paper the author has newly recorded fifteen species of moths from Korea as follows : Acrodontis fumosa PROUT (Geometridae) , Dendrolimus yamadai NAGANO(Lasiocampidae), Mirina christophi STAUDINGER(Endromidae), Ramesa tosta WALKER (Notodontidae). Apamea scolopacina subbrunnea WAREEN(Noctuidae), Anuga multiplicans WALKER (Noctuidae), Bena karaeffti GRAESER(Noctuidae), Macrochochthonia fervens BUTLER (Noctuidae) ,Hyposada brunnea LEECH (Noctuidae), Catocala eminens STAUDINGER (Noctuidae), Bleptina contigua LEECH (Noctuidae), Dichromia orosia CRAMER (Noctuidae), Diarsia pacifica BOURSIN (Noctuidae), Nyctemera plagifera WALKER (arctiidae), Phyllosphingia dissimilis BREMER (Sphingidae).

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.63-67
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• 2016

This study examined the biological characteristics of Meganoton scribae under the following conditions: temperature (20, 25, $30^{\circ}C$), humidity ($60{\pm}10%$), and photoperiod (14L:10D). At $25^{\circ}C$, the larval stage of M. scribae lasted for 28.4 d, and the pupal stage for 15.6 d. The average head width was 0.96 mm in the $1^{st}$, 1.34 mm in the $2^{nd}$, 2.07 mm in the $3^{rd}$, 3.64 mm in the $4^{th}$, and 5.89 mm in the $5^{th}$ instar. The life span of female adults was 10.3 d, and the maximum number of eggs spawned was 257.7. The results of the study will be useful for the commercial development of M. scribae.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.296-303
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• 2015

We surveyed moths on Gageodo island in the southwestern sea of the Korean Peninsula over three years (2009, 2012, 2013) and found a total of 253 species in 18 families. Geometridae had the greatest species richness, with 63 species, followed by Noctuidae, Erebidae, Crambidae and Sphingidae. The annual changes in species richness and abundance were not different and seasonal occurrence of species showed a unimodal pattern in which the numbers of species and individuals increased from April and May, peaked in June and decreased to September and October. Seven moth species (Pyralidae: Herculia drabicilialis Yamanaka, Didia striatella (Inoue); Crambidae: Clupeosoma pryeri (Butler), Demobotys pervulgalis (Hampson), Yezobotys dissimilis (Yamanaka), Syllepte cissalis Yamanaka; Erebidae: Hypena sinuosa (Wileman)) are reported for the first time in Korea.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.25-38
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• 2015

This study was conducted in an effort to identify the fluctuation of species according to space and time by collecting information on samples of Korean Sphingid moths housed in Korea. The number of Sphingidae moth species housed in Korea was found to be 53. As 48 species and 47 species were found in Gyeongsangnam-do and Gangwon-do, respectively, relatively diverse species were considered to be distributed in these areas. Comparatively, in Jeollabuk-do only 36 species were found, whereas in Chungcheongbuk-do and Jeju Island 39 species were found. The number of individual Sphingid moths surveyed in Korea was 21,414. With regard to the number of individuals per species, Ampelophaga rubiginosa was highest, at 2,483, followed by Theretra japonica (1,716), Callambulyx tatarinovii (1,457), Acosmeryx naga (1,340), Rhagastis mongoliana (1,191), Marumba sperchius (1,083), and Dolbina tancrei (1,072). By region, the largest number of individuals was surveyed in Gyeongsangnam-do (4,595), followed in order by Gangwon-do (3,648 individuals), Gyeonggi-do (3,011), Jeollanam-do (2,454), and Jeju Island (2,382). Over time, the highest numbers-in this case 9,498 individuals in 52 species-were identified after 2000. In the 1990s, there were 6,027 of 49 species identified; in 1980s, 4,332 individuals of 49 species were identified; and, in the 1970s, 937 individuals of 45 species were identified. It was confirmed that more species and individuals were identified as time passed. The appearance of Sphingid moths by month was found to be as relatively diverse, as they appeared from February to November. Overall, southern species, including M. saishiuana, Cephonodes hylas, Acosmeryx castanea, T. nessus, and T. clotho, which mainly inhabit Jeju Island and the southern part of Korea, have increased over time from the past to the present. Species inhabiting the middle or northern parts of the Korean Peninsula or the entire country of Korea, including Sphingulus mus, Ambulyx schauffelbergeri, and Mimas christophi, show decreases over time.

• 환경생물
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.178-189
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• 2007

도시화에 따른 도서지방의 생태계 변화를 규명하기 위한 기초 자료를 확보하기 위하여 전남 신안군 압해도 일대에 서식 분포하고 있는 나비목 곤충을 대상으로 2006년 3월부터 9월까지 13회 나방을 채집 확인하였다. 본 조사 결과 동정, 확인된 나비목 곤충은 총 16과 241속 339종이었다. 채집된 종중 밤나방과가 129종으로 가장 많았고, 다음으로 자나방과(81종), 명나방과(38종) 순이었으며, 개체수로는 자나방과, 밤나방과, 명나방과, 갈고리나방과의 순이었다. 조사기간 동안 단 1회만 채집된 종은 가을뒷노랑밤나방 등 201종(59.2%)으로 조사되었으며 이중 단지 한 개체만 채집된 종은 99종(29.2%)이었다. 본 연구는 도시화에 따른 생태계 교란이 우려되는 압해도 일원을 대상으로 생태계 변화에 대한 기초 자료로 이용할 수 있을 것이다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.55-64
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• 2022

Bombyx shini Park & Sohn, 2002 (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae), which was listed as an endemic species in South Korea has recently been renamed as the East Asian silk moth Rotunda rotundapex Miyata & Kishida, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the R. rotundapex to announce genomic characteristics and to clarify its validity with a new name. The 15,294-bp long complete mitogenome comprises a typical set of genes [13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes, and 22 tRNA genes] and one major noncoding, A + T-rich region, with an arrangement identical to that observed in most lepidopteran mitogenomes. The A/T content of the whole mitogenome was 79.22%; however, it varied among the regions/genes as follows: A + T-rich region, 91.62%; srRNA, 84.67%; lrRNA, 83.01%; tRNAs, 81.43%; and PCGs, 77.46%. Phylogenetic analyses of 35 species in the Bombycoidea superfamily showed the sister relationship between the families Sphingidae and Bombycidae s. str., with the higher nodal support [bootstrap support (BS) = 78%]. The Saturniidae was placed as the sister to the two families, but the nodal support for this relationship was low (BS = 53%). Current R. rotundapex was placed together with previously reported con-species with the highest nodal support, forming a separate clade from Bombyx, validating that B. shini can have a new genus name, Rotunda. However, the Korean R. rotundapex showed a substantial sequence divergence at 5.28% to that originated from an individual of type locality Taiwan in 1,459-bp of COI sequences. Considering such a high sequence divergence an additional study, which includes morphological and DNA barcoding data from further extensive distributional range maybe is needed for further robust taxonomic conclusion.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.300-307
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• 1995

치자나무의 실생묘포장에서 잎을 식해하는줄녹색박각시의 생활사를 1984년부터 1985년까지 남해에서 조사한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 줄녹색박각시의 산란기간은 5월 하순부터 26일간이었고, 평균 20.4개의 알을 기주 식물의 잎 뒷면에 산란하였다. 산란후 14일부터 16일 사이에 부화하고, 부화율은 97.6%였다. 알은 타원형이고, 크기는 지름이 1.01mm 길이가 1.14 mm이고 난기간은 14.6일이다. 유충의 평균 길이는 1령이 $3.52\pm$1.01 mm, 2령이 $6.46\pm$0.45mm, 3령이 $13.19\pm$4.27mm, 4령이 $24.08\pm$2.22mm, 5령이 $43.71\pm$5.62 mm이고, 유충의 평균체중은 1령이 $13.34\pm$2.41mg, 2령이 $29.83\pm$6.88mg, 3령이 $76.64\pm$31.31mg, 4령이 $292.09\pm$107.70mg, 5령이 $2,144.84\pm$760.70mg이다. 유충기간은 7월부터 10월까지로 1령이, 12일, 2령이 36일, 3령이 32일, 4령이 16일, 5령이 20일로 총유충기간은 116일이었고, 유충기간 동안에 1마리의 유충이 실생묘 17.18주를 가해하였다. 제5령 유웅이 종령유충으로 평균 15 mm 땅속에 들어가 토립으로 집을 짓고, 그 속에서 번데기가 되어 월동하며, 번데기의 평균 길이는 33.6mm이고, 평균 체중은 2,032mg이다. 성충은 이듬해 5월 중순에서 하순까지 우화하는데, 성충의 성비는 암컷이 42.82%이고, 체색형의 비는 갈색형이 89.93%였다.