Two species of metallic Microlepidoptera, one new species of Adela Latreille, [1796] (Adeloidea, Adelidae) and one unrecorded species of Coleophora Hbner, 1822 (Gelechioidea, Coleophoridae), from Korea

Jun-Mo Koo; Soowon Cho

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.5

Two species of metallic Microlepidoptera, one new species of Adela Latreille, [1796] (Adeloidea, Adelidae) and one unrecorded species of Coleophora Hbner, 1822 (Gelechioidea, Coleophoridae), from Korea

Zootaxa. 2022 May 19;5138(4):431-444. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.5.

Authors

Jun-Mo Koo¹, Soowon Cho²

Affiliations

¹ Insect Systematic Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644 Korea. taran9539@gmail.com.
² 1Insect Systematic Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644 Korea. chosoowon@gmail.com.

PMID: 36095826
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.5

Abstract

One new species of Adela Latreille, [1796], A. palella Koo Cho, sp. nov., belonging to Adelidae is described from Korea, and one species of Coleophora Hbner, 1822, C. fuscocuprella Herrich-Schffer, 1855, belonging to Coleophoridae is reported for the first time. Diagnostic characters and descriptions are provided along with close-up photographs of notable features of adults.

MeSH terms

Animals
Moths*
Republic of Korea