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

2025/07/24 by Jinhyeong Park, Sadahisa Yagi, Toshiya Hirowatari · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Plant and animal studies #Species Distribution and Climate Change

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/nl.48.143817

openalex publication_date 2025/07/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

The present study records Morophaga formosana Robinson, 1986 and describes M. hahajimana sp. 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.

Citations

• Table 1 in A new Gammarus species from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (China) with a key to Xinjiang freshwater gammarids (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Gammaridae)
• MEGA11: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 11

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