First record of the genus Morophaga Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, with a new species

By

Park, Jinhyeong
Yagi, Sadahisa
Hirowatari, Toshiya

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-24

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

48

Pages

215--228

Subjects

DNA barcoding , Morphology , new species , taxonomy , Tineoidea.

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.48.143817

 

Abstract

The present study records Morophaga formosana Robinson, 1986 and describes M. hahajimanasp. nov. from the Ogasawara Islands of Japan. This is the first record of this genus Morophaga Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 (Tineidae) from the Oceanian region. Photographs of adult specimens, wing veins, genitalia, and larval biology are presented. We have constructed a preliminary phylogenetic tree based on cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI-5P) DNA barcode sequences, including those of some Scardiinae species.