Taxonomic review of the genus Nycteola Hübner (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) from Korea including potential invasive pests.

Background: The genus Nycteola Hübner has been mainly distributed in the Old World and usually feeds on Fagaceae and Salicaceae, but Myrtaceae and Juglandaceae have also been reported. In Korea, the number of this genus has been changed from four to three after 2007, but three or four species are listed confusingly up to now. New information: The Japanese endemic species Nycteoladufayi Sugi, 1982 are firstly reported for the Continents with its brief biology. Additionally, Korean fauna of nycteolid species are reviewed.

Status of Patania harutai (Inoue, 1955) in Korea, with a new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae), and clarification of their host plants.

The genus Patania Moore, 1888 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) has been recorded in Korea with nine species: P. balteata (Fabricius, 1798), P. brevipennis (Inoue, 1982), P. chlorophanta (Butler, 1878), P. deficiens (Moore, 1887), P. expictalis (Christoph, 1881), P. punctimarginalis (Hampson, 1896), P. ruralis (Scopoli, 1763), P. sabinusalis (Walker, 1859) and P. harutai (Inoue, 1955). In this study, we describe a new species P. gorosoe Lee, Heo & Bae, sp. nov. which very similar with P. harutai. The host plants of above two species are clarificated. Illustrations of adults and genitalia of P. harutai and P. gorosoe sp. nov. are provided. A checklist of the genus Patania in Korea is also provided. [Zoobank registrations: Patania gorosoe Lee, Heo & Bae, new species: LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3FFD8DA8-8EA1-423A-84A9-BC5804E18EA0].

Two new species of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) from Korea, with some biological data including larval host plants.

In this study, two new species of the family Gelechiidae are described from Korea. The new species are Teleiodes juglansivora Park Byun, sp. nov. and Encoplata najuensis Park Byun, sp. nov. For the new species, some biological data concerning on their larval food plants are given.

Four species of Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera), new to Korea.

One species of Noctuidae, Chytonix brunneofascia Choi and Heo sp. nov., and three species of Erebidae, Gynaephora atrata Choi, Heo and Kim sp. nov., Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, and Pilipectus prunifera (Hampson) were newly recorded from Korea. This paper provides the diagnosis, descriptions of the adult and larva, and genitalia of the available species.