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Issue: Vol. 5716 No. 3: 31 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5716.3.3
Page range: 349-364
Abstract views: 77
PDF downloaded: 7

Two new species of the genus Odites Walsingham, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Peleopodidae) from Japan with taxonomy and larval biology of Odites sungsookimi (Sohn & Wu, 2023) comb. nov.

Entomological Laboratory, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
Kawakami 2705-2, Yufuin-cho, Yufu-shi, Oita, 879-5102, Japan
Department of Science Education, Gongju National University of Education, Woongjinro 27, Gongju-si, Chungnam 32553, Republic of Korea
Insect DX Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan; Insect Science and Creative Entomology Center, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Mukouterayama, Hachiman, Tokushima, 770-8070, Japan
Kawakami 2705-2; Yufuin-cho; Yufu-shi; Oita; 879-5102; Japan
Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
Lepidoptera CoI barcodes gelechioidea genitalia oditinae taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Odites Walsingham, 1891, Odites saitoi Arashima, Oku & Yagi sp. nov. and O. kumatai Arashima, Oku & Yagi sp. nov. are described from Japan. Scythropiodes sungsookimi Sohn & Wu, 2023 is transferred to Odites and redescribed with larval biology. The imagos and genitalia of both sexes are illustrated for all three species of Odites. Twenty DNA barcode sequences were obtained for four species of Odites and three species of Scythropiodes.

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How to Cite

Arashima, H., Oku, J., Sohn, J.-C., Yagi, S., Tomura, S., Oka, T. & Hirowatari, T. (2025) Two new species of the genus Odites Walsingham, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Peleopodidae) from Japan with taxonomy and larval biology of Odites sungsookimi (Sohn & Wu, 2023) comb. nov. Zootaxa, 5716 (3), 349–364. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.3.3