The family of Pterophoridae, also called ‘Plume moth’, is distributed all around the world. More than 1,100 species have been studied and reported in the most recent world catalogue, and it has been discovered 34 species from Korea. The reason why they are called Plume moth is that they have a distinct shape of wings, which makes them easily distinguished. This group have a 6－40mm wingspan, mostly have two-pronged forewings and three-pronged hindwings. Interestingly, their resting posture is T-shaped with the narrow forewings held perpendicular to the body, while the hindwings tucked under or folded within the forewings. They have slender bodies with long, fragile legs, and also have three types of color : plain white, mottled gray or brown. Pterophoridae has unique morphological characteristics, and it is an interesting group for us to look over them in general.

본 연구를 통해 한국에서 자생하는 털날개나방 중 가장 큰 종, Platyptilia nemoralis zeller가 새롭게 추가되었다. 그 성충의 외부 형질과 생식기 형질 특징이 기주식물과 분포 정보와 함께 제공되었다.

Nippoptilia issikii(Pterophoridae)는 연 3회 발생하는 해충으로 6월중하순, 7월 중하순, 8월하순~9월상순에 발생피크를 보였고, 포도 과립에 천공피해를 주어 가해하며, 착립 후부터 경핵기까지 노지포도원에서 주로 문제가 되고 있다. 이 해충은 당도 8.5°BX 이하와 산도 2~3%의 과립은 95%이상 천공피해를 주었지만 착색 후부터 피해가 현저히 줄어들었다. 25℃ 온도에 따른 각태별 발육기간은 알 7.8±0.84, 유충 12.4±0.89, 번데기 8.4±0.89, 성충 28.8±2.49으로 총 57.4±1.52일 소요되었으며, 2011년 충북지역 노지포도원 38개 조사지점 중 7개 지점에서 발견되었다. 8계통 10종 약제를 이용하여 Nippoptilia issikii 유충과 번데기에 대해 방제효과를 조사하였다. 그중 유충에 대해 디노테퓨란WP(니코티닐계) 93.3±0.57%, 이미다클로프리드WP(클로로니코티닐계)90.0±1.00, 람다사이할로트린+티아메톡삼WG(혼합제) 96.7±0.5, 페니트로티온WP(유기인계)에서 100% 방제효과를 보였고, 디노테퓨란WP, 람다사이할로트린+티아메톡삼WG, 페니트로티온WP에서 100% 우화 억제율을 나타내었다.

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.

The tribe Oxyptilini Bigot et al. 1998 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) consists of fifteen genera with more than 100 species worldwide. Almost half of them are mainly distributed in Palaeartic Region, others are in Afrotropical, Oriental, and Nearctic regions, and less than 10 species are in Australiasian, Neotropical, and Pacific regions (Gielis 2003). Nevertheless, it has been poorly known in the Asian part of Palaeartic region, with five species in Japan (Yano 1963), two species in Russia (Sinev 2008), and one species in China (Li et al. 2003). In Korea, only one species, Stenodacma pyrrhodes (Meyrick 1889), has been reported from North Korea (Arenberger 1991). During this study, four genera (Capperia Tutt, Oxyptilus Zeller, Procapperia Adamczewski, and Tomotilus Yano), are recognized for the first time from Korea, and a new generic combination of Tomotilus celebrates (Merick 1932), comb. nov., is proposed.

Systematic studies within the family Pterophoridae have been determined by external morpholgical characteristics (Yano 1963, Spuler 1910, Meyrick 1910). However, it is sometimes to be the result of species misplacement by the variation, depending on geographic isolation and genetic drift (Moran, 1986; Shufran et al., 2000; Anstead et al., 2002; Margaritopoulos et al., 2006). The genus Platyptilia Hübner [1925] is one of the largest genera of the family comprising more than 100 species according to the World’s Catalog by Gielis (2003) mainly distributed from Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions. Within the genus, Platyptilia ignifera has been suspected as very differentiated from other congeneric species in the morphological characters. In this study, to ascertain a placement of the species, we performed molecular analysis with one mitochondrial gene, COI and one nuclear gene, 28S, and morphometric analysis based on six ratios characters using principal components analysis (PCA). The sequences of the two genes, COI, 28S, implied that Platyptilia ignifera separated from Platyptilia spp. In addition, P. ignifera exhibited morphological characteristics distinct from other congeneric species. Based on these results, we propose that Neoplatyptilia gen. nov., for Platyptilia ignifera.

We reviewed the tribe Oidaematophorini from the Korean peninsula. Fourteen species of 5 genera are recognized including new species, Hellinsia chuncheonensis sp. nov. and H. cyrtoacantha sp. nov. Five species are also reported as new to Korea: Adaina microdactyla (Hübner [1813]), Hellinsia ishiyamanus (Matsumura 1931), H. kuwayamai (Matsumura 1931), H. nigridactyla (Yano 1961) and Oidaematophorus iwatensis (Matsumura 1931). All the available information, including distributional ranges and biology of each taxon, is provided. The keys to the genera and species of Oidaematophotini is given. Illustrations of the images and male and female genitalia are provided.

The genus Platyptilia Hübner is the largest group of the tribe Platyptiliini (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) distributed in the Afrotropical and Palaearctic regions and rarely from the Pacific and Nearctic region, with 107 species (Gielis 2003) known from all over the world. From the Palaearctic region, 25 species have been described: 6 from Japan, 3 from China, and 11 from Russia, and two species, Platyptilia suigensis Matsumura and P. farfarellus Zeller from Korea. Recently, we recognized 5 species, including a new species and two species new to korea: Platyptilia ignifera Meyrick and P. nemoralis Zeller.

Genus Hellinsia Tutt, 1905 is the largest group of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae, Platyptilinae). The genus is mostly distributed in the Neotropical region and Nearctic region, and partly in the Palaearctic and Afrotripical regions, with more than 190 described species from all over the world (Gielis, 2003). Among them, approximately 30 species of the genus Hellinsia Tutt have been reported in the Palaeartic region, including 9 species of Japan, 14 of Russia, and 15 of China. However, it has been poorly known from Korea to date, with only 4 known species: 2 species (H. lienigianus (Zeller) and H. distinctus (Herrich-Schffer) from South Korea (Park 1993, 1994) and 2 species (Hellinsia albidactylus (Yano) and H. lateolus (Yano)) from North Korea (Arenberger, 1991). This study is aimed to review all known species of the genus Helinsia Tutt in the Korean Peninsula, with three previously unrecorded species: Hellinsia ishiyamanus (Matsumura), H. Kuwayamai (Matsumura), and H. nigridactyla (Yano). Material examined in this study are preserved in the Insect collection, Korea National Arboretum, Korea. Consequently, 7 species, in total, are recorded from the Korean Peninsula.

The family Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) commonly known as 'plume moths' is cosmopolitanand comprises 1,136 species in the world (Gielis, 2003). Of these, approximately 250 species are known in the Palaearctic Region (Arenberger, 1995). In Korea, since two species of the family, Platyptilia rhododactyla (Denis et Schiffermller)) and P. suigensis Matsumura were reported by Matsumura (1931) and Park (1983) listed 7 species for the fauna of Korea, excepting P. suigensis, no additional species has been reported from Korea. The genus Nippoptilia, belonging to subfamily Platyptilinae,is a small group with only 7 described species in the world. Of them, 4 species Nippoptilia eochrodes (Meyrick), N. issikii Yano, N. minor Hori, and N. vitis (Sasaki) have been known in the Palearctic Region (Gielis 2003), distributing 3species from Japan (Gielis, 2003) and a single species from China, and N. vitis (Sasaki) from Korea respectively. This paper is aimed to review all known species of the genus Nippoptilia in Korea, based on material deposited in all available collections in Korea. All the type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Insect collection, Korea National Arboretum, Korea.