TY - JOUR
T1 - Taxonomic revision of the genus Lecithocera (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species
AU - Oku, Johei
AU - Sakamaki, Yositaka
AU - Hirowatari, Toshiya
N1 - Funding Information:
We are indebted to Dr. T. Terada, Okayama Environmental Conservation Corporation and Mr. Y. Kitajima, Yokohama Plant Protection Station, Japan for use of their valuable collections on which this study was based, and the advice and cooperation that assisted our fieldwork. We wholeheartedly thank Mr. S. Sameshima, Secretariat of Amami Insect Lover’s Society, Kagoshima, Japan; Mr. T. Ito and Mr. K. Kuroda, University of the Ehime, Japan; Dr. I. Ohshima, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan; Dr. M. Ohara, The Hokkaido University Museum, Sapporo, Japan; Dr. U. Jinbo, the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan for access to the collections in their care; and Dr. T. Oku, Morioka City, Iwate, Japan; Dr. S. Yagi, Ms. K. M. M. Kyaw and Mr. S. Tomura (ELKU) for advice on the project. Special thanks to the members of the KGU and ELKU for their guidance and constant encouragement. We express our cordial thanks to Reviewers and Editor for their helpful comments and suggestions. We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing. This study was supported in part by the Kagoshima University “Establishment of Research and Education Network on Biodiversity and its Conservation in the Satsunan Islands” project, conferred by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan to Y. S. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 20J10167.
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PY - 2021/7/6
Y1 - 2021/7/6
N2 - 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 the first time from Japan. The male and female genitalia, wing venation, and adult appearance are illustrated for all the species.
AB - 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 the first time from Japan. The male and female genitalia, wing venation, and adult appearance are illustrated for all the species.
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.3.7
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.3.7
M3 - Article
C2 - 34810515
AN - SCOPUS:85109425499
SN - 1175-5326
VL - 4996
SP - 540
EP - 554
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 3
ER -