가는잎말이나방족은 나비목 잎말이나방과의 잎말이나방아과에 속하는 그룹이다. 전세계적으로는 1,000여 종 (Brown, 2005)이 기록되어 있으며, 국내에는 41종(Byun et al, 2009)이 보고되어 있다. 이들은 전 세계적으로 분포하며 구북구지역에서 가장 많은 종이 알려져 있다. 가는잎말이나방족에 속하는 종들은 유충시기에 기주식물의 줄기나 뿌리에 식입하거나, 종자 또는 과실을 가해하는 습성으로 인해 일부 종들은 중요해충으로도 알려져 있다. 잘 알려진 해충으로는 포도와 인동덩굴 등을 가해하는 버찌가는잎말이나방이 있다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라에서의 가는 잎말이 나방족의 연구현황을 정리하고 향후 집중적인 연구가 필요한 분류군들을 제시하고자 한다.

Invasive exotic insects are rapidly increasing and spreading in a short period of time, threatening the ecosystem. Now, we need technology to monitor the dispersal of exotic insects and to strengthen the ecosystem risk assessment. The United States, Europe, and other countries are fully equipped with a biological control system for threats to biodiversity through systematic investigation and database construction, but Korea is not. Risk assessment and development of a dispersal/change prediction model are essential to maintain a safe ecosystem from invasive exotic species. This research group is carrying out a study to minimize the ecological damage by developing a prediction model of dispersal/change for invading alien insect species, a risk assessment technology and a response manual for management. I would like to look into the current state of exotic insect invasion through this small group meeting, and look for directions to study in the future.

Climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide are significant factors in ecological risk assessments, suggesting their consideration is required in predicting potential distribution of a invasive species. CLIMEX model is one of species distribution models (SDMs) and provides potential geographical distribution by focusing on climatic effect on species inhabitation. Most SDMs, such as Bioclim, Domain, GARP and MaxEnt, focus on relationship between the occurrences of the species and static environmental covariates, whereas CLIMEX model depends on limitations of species' geographical distribution and reactions to climatic variables at an appropriate temporal scale (called seasonal phenology). In this study, we described the basic concept of CLIMEX and reviewed previous applications. Also, we demonstrated the various utilization of CLIMEX differed by study purposes and methodology for analyzing the model.