The family Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera), plume moths, consist of 1,136 species listed in the ‘world catalogue’ by Gielis (2003), and a few more described since then. Approximately 250 species are known in the Palaearctic Regions (Arenberger, 1995).
In this study, 35 species of 21 genera have been reviewed from Korea (Matsumura 1931, 1938; Zoological Society of Korea 1968; Park 1983; Arenberger 1991; Kim et al., 2010a, 2010b, 2012a, 2012b). We suggest the problematic species, Platyptilia ignifera, is morphologically and genetically separated from congeneric species supporting the possibility as a new genus, and employ the classification system of Arenberger (1995) rather than that of Gielis (1993) using parsimony based on morphological characters.

• Sora Kim(Department of Agricultural Bio-Technology, Seoul National University)
• Kyu-Tek Park(The Korean Academy of Science and Technology)
• Bong-Kyu Byun(Department of Biological Sciences, Hannam University)
• Bong-Woo Lee(Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)
• Hyojoong Kim(Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kunsan National University)
• Sunghoon Jung(Department of Agricultural Bio-Technology, Seoul National University)
• Wonhoon Lee(Department of Ecology and Systematics, Hokkaido University)
• Seunghwan Lee(Department of Agricultural Bio-Technology, Seoul National University)