A new species of the genus Oiketicoides Heylaerts, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) from Korea with its natural parasitoid enemy

Dong-June Lee; Jongwon Kim; Seung-Su Euo; Jae-Seok Lee; Hyeon Lee; Seung Jin Roh

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1223.135001

A new species of the genus Oiketicoides Heylaerts, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) from Korea with its natural parasitoid enemy

Zookeys. 2025 Jan 14:1223:311-317. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1223.135001. eCollection 2025.

Authors

Dong-June Lee¹, Jongwon Kim¹, Seung-Su Euo², Jae-Seok Lee¹, Hyeon Lee¹, Seung Jin Roh¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Zoology, Honam National Institute of Biological Resources, Mokpo, Republic of Korea Honam National Institute of Biological Resources Mokpo Republic of Korea.
² Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon 11186, Republic of Korea Korea National Arboretum Pocheon Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Oiketicoidesgohadoensis Roh & Lee, sp. nov. is described as new to science. The morphology of male adult, including genitalia, is described, and DNA barcodes for precise identification of the species are provided. A parasitoid, Neophryxepsychidis Townsend, 1916 (Diptera, Tachinidae) of O.gohadoensis is also reported for the first time in Korea, together with its DNA barcode sequence.

Keywords: Bagmoths; DNA barcode; Psychidae; bagworms; taxonomy.

Dong-June Lee, Jongwon Kim, Seung-Su Euo, Jae-Seok Lee, Hyeon Lee, Seung Jin Roh.

Grants and funding

the Honam National Institute of Biological Resources (HNIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (HNIBR202101101)