A new species of a gelechioid genus, Idioglossa Walsingham (Lepidoptera, Batrachedridae, Batrachedrinae), from Japan

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  • SUGISIMA Kazuhiro
    Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
  • ARITA Yutaka
    Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University

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  • キバガ上科小蛾の一属スゴモリキバガ属の日本からの新種(鱗翅目,ホソキバガ科(新称),ホソキバガ亜科(新称))
  • new species of a gelechioid genus Idioglossa Walsingham Lepidoptera Batrachedridae Batrachedrinae from Japan

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A new gelechioid species, Idioglossa polliacola Sugisima, is described from Japan, with a series of figures and photos. Biology of the new species is also described on the basis of observation by the authors, with a series of photos. One of the most impressive features on its biology is the characteristic and complex larval nest constructed on the leaf of the food-plant, commelinaceous Pollia japonica, and remarks are made concerning the adaptive significance of the larval nest. The genus Idioglossa has been assigned to Oecophoridae in the last two decades, but the genus is most likely to belong to a batrachedrid subfamily Batrachedrinae in the latest taxonomic system. The genus and family are new to Japan.

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  • Lepidoptera Science

    Lepidoptera Science 51 (4), 319-336, 2000

    THE LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

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