The family Crambidae, so called as Grass moths, have been known as a difficult group in identification due to their similar wing patterns among the allied species. Some species are well known as pests to the agricultural and ornamental plants of economic importance. Therefore, this study was carried out to provide the DNA barcode and related information for distinguishing the complex species among Crambidae. In this study, we extracted and analyzed the DNA barcodes from 185 specimens of 76 species in the family Crambidae. Based on the result, one species of the genus Schoenobius, Pagyda, Neoanalthes, Palpita, Ecpyrrhorrhoe and Paratalanta area reported for the first time from Korea.

• June-Hyeok Jeong(Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Hannam University) Corresponding author
• Ji-Young Lee(Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Hannam University)
• Jae-In Oh(Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Hannam University)
• Sang-Yoon Kim(Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Hannam University)
• Jun-Min Seo(Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Hannam University, Korea National Arboretum)
• Bong-Woo Lee(Korea National Arboretum)
• Il-Kwon Kim(Korea National Arboretum)
• Bong-Kyu Byun(Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology)