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Issue: Vol. 5637 No. 1: 20 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.7
Page range: 155-166
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A new species and a new record of the genus Eupoecilia Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Tortricinae) in Japan

Entomological Laboratory; Graduate School of Bioresources and Bioenvironmental Sciences; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi- ku; Fukuoka-shi; Fukuoka; 819-0395 Japan
National Museum of Nature and Science; 4-1-1 Amakubo; Tsukuba-shi; Ibaraki; 305-0005 Japan
Insect DX Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka-shi; Fukuoka; 819-0395 Japan; Insect Science and Creative Entomology Center; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819-0395; Japan
Entomological Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka-shi; Fukuoka; 819-0395 Japan; Insect Science and Creative Entomology Center; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819-0395; Japan
Lepidoptera Cochylini Cochylina DNA barcode genitalia yanbaru area

Abstract

A new species, Eupoecilia yanbaruana sp. nov. is described from Japan. In addition, Eupoecilia koreana Byun and Jung, 2020 is recorded and redescribed from Japan. Diagnoses of the two species as well as images of adult, male and female genitalia are provided.

 

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How to Cite

Suzuki, S., Jinbo, U., Yagi, S. & Hirowatari, T. (2025) A new species and a new record of the genus Eupoecilia Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Tortricinae) in Japan. Zootaxa, 5637 (1), 155–166. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.7