TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of the Japanese species of the choragella-group of the genus Morophaga Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), with description of a new species
AU - Yohei, Osada
AU - Toshiya, Hirowatari
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We express our thanks to Dr. M. Ishii, Dr. N. Hirai, Dr. S. Kobayashi (OPU) and Mr. K. Sugisima (Suita, Osaka) for valuable specimens. Dr. S. Kamitani, Dr. T. Mita (KU), and Dr. M. Sakai (Kyoseikagaku) gave us kind advice and supported this study. Sir Anthony Galsworthy (The Natural History Museum, London) kindly edited the English of this manuscript. This study was partly supported by the Research Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for Young Scientists (No. JAG5J07389). This is a contribution from the Entomological Laboratory, Kyushu University, Fukuoka (Ser. 7, No. 36).
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PY - 2016/6/22
Y1 - 2016/6/22
N2 - The taxonomy of the Japanese species of the choragella-group of the genus Morophaga is reviewed. Previously, one species, Morophaga fasciculata Robinson, 1986, was recorded from Japan. In the present study, a second species, Morophaga plana, sp. nov., is described based on adult morphological characters.
AB - The taxonomy of the Japanese species of the choragella-group of the genus Morophaga is reviewed. Previously, one species, Morophaga fasciculata Robinson, 1986, was recorded from Japan. In the present study, a second species, Morophaga plana, sp. nov., is described based on adult morphological characters.
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.12
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.12
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27395621
AN - SCOPUS:84975726337
SN - 1175-5326
VL - 4127
SP - 192
EP - 200
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
IS - 1
ER -