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Issue: Vol. 5750 No. 3: 21 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.3.3
Page range: 371-386
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Four newly recorded species of the family Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from Korea

Research Institute of EcoScience; Ewha Womans University; 52; Ewhayeodae-gil; Seodaemun-gu; Seoul; 03760 Korea; Department of Plant Medicine; Chungbuk National University; Cheongju; 28644 Korea
Department of Plant Medicine; Chungbuk National University; Cheongju; 28644 Korea
Lepidoptera taxonomy microlepidoptera Korean fauna Korean peninsula

Abstract

We report four species of the family Coleophoridae (Gelechioidea) for the first time in Korea: Coleophora citrarga Meyrick, 1934; C. helgada (Anikin, 2005); C. obscuripalpella Kanerva, 1941; and C. varilimosipennella Li & Zheng, 2000. Among these, the host plant of C. varilimosipennella is reported here for the first time. The diagnostic characteristics and redescriptions of each of the four species are provided. With this report, a total of 47 coleophorid species are known from Korea. In addition, a revised Korean vernacular name for Coleophora montaniella Oku & Kusunoki, 2018 is proposed to avoid confusion due to name duplication.

 

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How to Cite

Koo, J.-M. & Cho, S. (2026) Four newly recorded species of the family Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from Korea. Zootaxa, 5750 (3), 371–386. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.3.3