• Title/Summary/Keyword: Telamoptilia

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Genus Telamoptilia (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) New to Korea

  • Kim, Da-Som;Byun, Bong-Kyu
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.162-166
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    • 2022
  • The family Gracillariidae, belonging to the superfamily Gracillarioidea, is one of the major group of leaf-miners. Among them, the genus Telamoptilia Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 has been known as a small genus with only nine described species over worldwide to date. In this study, the genus Telamoptilia Kumata & Kuroko, 1988, is reported for the first time from Korea. In addition, two species of the genus Telamoptilia, T. grewiae Liu, Wang & Li, 2015 and T. tiliae Kumata & Ermolaev, 1988, are newly recorded in Korea. All the known species are enumerated with their available information. The adults and genitalia of all species are redescribed and illustrated.