Johei Oku

Agenioideus cinctellus (Spinola, 1808) is recorded from Shikoku Island and Kyushu Island for the first time.

Six Japanese species of the genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 (Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae) are treated: L. chersitis Meyrick, 1918; L. daebuensis Park & Lee, 1999; L. duplicata (Gozmány, 1978); L. tridentata Wu & Liu, 1993; L. fascimaculata sp. nov.; and L. fuscialaris sp. nov.. One species, L. duplicata (Gozmány, 1978), is reported for th...

Sixty-nine Gelechioidea species belonging to 37 genera in 10 families collected in Amami-Ōshima Island are reported. Forty-four species in 7 families are identified to species level. Among them, 25 species are newly recorded from Amami-Ōshima Island, and one species is new to Japan.

A new species of the genus Nosphistica Meyrick, N. fermata sp. nov., is described from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan and the genus is newly recorded for Japanese fauna. The adult specimens and male and female genitalia are illustrated in detail.

Surveys on detritivorous moths were carried out at three locations in Kyushu, Japan, in 2019, using bait traps. The trap material consisted of dead leaves or rice straw, baited with dog food, chicken manure, or bat guano. A total of 293 moth individuals, comprising 25 species belonging to 17 families, were trapped during the experiment. The emerged...

This study describes Bucculatrix flavimaculata sp. nov. , a new species of Bucculatrix from the Ogasawara Islands in Japan, feeding on Hibiscus . Photographs of adult male and female genitalia and their larval biology (e.g., host plants and feeding habits) are shown. We constructed a phylogenetic tree based on cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI-5P...

The genus Palumbina Rondani, 1876 belongs to the family Gelechiidae, which was until recently believed to comprise 26 species worldwide and mainly occurring in the Oriental region. Previously, only P.pylartis (Meyrick, 1908) had been recorded from this genus in Japan. In this study, five other species were identified. Four species were recorded for...

A part of Japanese species of the genus Thiotricha Meyrick, 1886 are reviewed. Three species described by Omelko (1984) in the genus Cnaphostola Meyrick, 1918 are placed in combination with Thiotricha ; Thiotricha biformis , T. angustellacomb. nov. and T. venustaliscomb. nov. These species are redescribed, and two new species, T. elaeocarpiella Kya...

Correction The authors became aware of the fact that the new species name in Oku et al. （2018） is not available because the article does not meet the requirement of the amendment of Article 8.5.3, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature （the Code）. The authors therefore describe this species as a new species again in this addendum. Method...