The genus Alucita Linnaeus, 1758 belongs to the family Alucitidae, which is well known as the many- or multi-plumed moths. Up to date, 186 species have been recorded from the world (Gielis 2003). In East Asia, the genus Alucita L. has been investigated by various researchers to date: 5 species from Japan (Hashimoto 1984); 3 species from Russian Far East (Ustjuzhanin 1999). Recently Byun (2006) reviewed the Korean Alucitidae with a new species and two new records from Korea. However, it has been poorly known from China, including only one species, Alucita niveodactyla Pagenstechen from Guangdong, southern part of China (Hua 2005). In the present study, we found a new species of the genus Alucita L. from the Northern part of China. The purpose of this study is to describe the new species, Alucita baihuashanensis sp. nov.

• Bong-Kyu Byun(Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)
• Hui-Lin Han(School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University)
• Jong-Kyun Park(Department of Applied Biology, Kyungpook National University)