Three genera Megacraspedus Zeller, Aulidiotis Meyrick, and Cuprina Sinev and four species of the superfamily Gelechioidea new to Korea (Lepidoptera)

Abstract

Three genera Megacraspedus Zeller, 1839, Aulidiotis Meyrick, 1925, and Cuprina Sinev, 1988 and four species of the superfamily Gelechioidea are reported for the first time from the Korean Peninsula. They are Megacraspedus coleophorodes (Li and Zheng, 1995) and Aulidiotis phoxopterella (Snellen, 1903) of Gelechiidae; Martyringa ussuriella Lvovsky, 1979 of Oecophoridae; and Cuprina fuscella Sinev, 1988 of Stathmopodidae. Images of adults and genitalia of the species are given. Keywords: Lepidoptera, Aulidiotis, Cuprina, Megacraspedus, New record