The family Thyrididae was known as a small group comprising 940 species in the world (Nieukerken et al, 2011). In Korea, the first report of the family was made by Park (1983) with four species. Later, 10 species of 4 genera was enumerated by several researchers (Park & Byun, 1990; Choi, 2005). The typical characteristics of the family Thyrididae is a window-like transparent pattern of wings. Some species in the family are classified as insect pest species (Jo, 1995). Thus, it is important to study the group for the applied fields. In this study, the reveiw of the family Thyrididae in Korea was conducted. All available materials was examined and illustrated. Also the collecting localities, illustrations of adults and genitalia are provided.

The family Thyrididae was known as a small group comprising 760 species in the world. Among them, about 30% of the species in the family was unnamed(Choi, 2005). The typical characteristics of the family Thyrididae is a window-like transparent pattern of wings. In this study, the preliminary catalogue of the family Thyrididae was presented with two newly recorded species, Striglina sp. and Rhodoneura sp., for the first time from Korea. All the available information including host plants, distributional ranges and synonymic list were provided for the further study.

지난 1970년 이래 헝가리 자연사박물관에 의하여 북한지역 생물탐사를 통하여 채집, 보관된 표본을 검경함 결과 명나방과 156종, 창나방과 6종이 분류동정되었다. 그 중 23종의 명나방이 한반도 미기록종으로 확인되었기에 이들의 우리말 명명과 함께 아과별 총목록을 정리 발표한다. 종명이 확인되지 않은 8종도 본 목록에 포함하였다.

한국산 창나방과의 정리 결과 총 9종이 밝혀졌으며 이들중 1신종, Rhodoneura shini sp. nov. <줄무늬창나방>, 1신아종 Thyris fenestrella seoulensis subsp. nov.<깜둥이창나방>이 기재되며 우리나라 미기록종으로 R. pallida(Butler) <흰점무늬창나방>와 Striglina venia Whalley <주엽나무창나방>이 확인되었다. Striglina pararenia는 cancellata의 synomym 으로 처리하였으며 과거 기록되었던 T.usitata는 T. fenestrella의 오동정으로 확인되었다. 본 조사를 통하여 새로 밝혀진 기주식물로는 창나무의 싸리나무와 사과나무, 주엽나무창나방의 주엽나무, 상수리창나방의 개암나무등이었다.