A review of the Japanese species of the genus Scardia Treitschke (Lepidoptera, Tineidae), with description of a new species

Yohei Osada; Makoto Sakai; Toshiya Hirowatari

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4079.3.4

A review of the Japanese species of the genus Scardia Treitschke (Lepidoptera, Tineidae), with description of a new species

Zootaxa. 2016 Feb 12;4079(3):363-71. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.3.4.

Authors

Yohei Osada¹, Makoto Sakai², Toshiya Hirowatari³

Affiliations

¹ Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan.; Email: borbocinnara53@hotmail.com.
² Kyosei-Kagaku, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0877 Japan.; Email: kaseircb3@gmail.com.
³ Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki 6-10-1, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan.; Email: hirowat_t@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 27396011
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.3.4

Abstract

Taxonomy of the Japanese species of the genus Scardia is reviewed, and a new species, namely Scardia fusca sp. nov., is described based on the adult morphology.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Female
Japan
Male
Moths / anatomy & histology
Moths / classification*
Moths / growth & development
Organ Size