Daisuke Watabiki

• Tokyo University of Agriculture

Japan Heterocerists’ J. 313: 361–365. March 2025. ［Summary］Four species belonging to the Amphipyra pyramidea group, A. pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758), A. surnia Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874, A. horiei Owada, 1996, and A. meifengensis Chen, Speidel, Buchsbaum & Behounek, 2013 are known to occur in Japan. In this study, we reviewed the distribution of this...

As moths of the geometrid group usually live in forests and do not move long distances, they are considered to be valuable as environmental bio‐indicators. Biodiversity data based on voucher specimens should have high quality and reliability. Here, we publish the records of the family Geometridae and the superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralidae and Crambi...

Imature stages of the Banana fruit caterpillar, Tiracola plagiata (Walker, 1857) and its close relative, Tiracola aureata Holloway, 1989 are described and illustrated. We revealed the following four facts. 1: The sixth instar is estimated to be the last instar larvae in both species based on the width of head capsules. 2: Morphologically they are d...

The masson pine moth, Dendrolimus punctatus（Walker）（Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae）, is a notorious pest of pine trees in Asian countries and was recorded in Japan for the first time from Ishigakijima Island and Iriomotejima Island. We performed taxonomic studies involving the male and female genitalia and clarified the distinguishable features among t...

The genus Spodoptera Guenée mainly distributed from tropical to subtropical regions throughout the world includes many pests of food crops, vegetables, forage crops and grasses. The African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) has been known from Africa, South East Asia, parts of Australia to some Pacific islands as a pest of crops or pasture, how...