A new species of the genus Proutia Tutt (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) from Korea, based on morphology and DNA barcodes

Dong-June Lee; Jae-Seok Lee; Jongwon Kim; Hyeon Lee; Bong-Kyu Byun; Seung Jin Roh

doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e110313

A new species of the genus Proutia Tutt (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) from Korea, based on morphology and DNA barcodes

Biodivers Data J. 2023 Oct 5:11:e110313. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e110313. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Dong-June Lee¹, Jae-Seok Lee¹, Jongwon Kim¹, Hyeon Lee¹, Bong-Kyu Byun², Seung Jin Roh¹

Affiliations

¹ Honam National Institute of Biological Research, Mokpo, Republic of Korea Honam National Institute of Biological Research Mokpo Republic of Korea.
² Hannam University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Hannam University Daejeon Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Background: The genus Proutia Tutt, 1899 (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) comprises 14 species found throughout the world. In East Asia, three species, Proutiachinensis Hättenschwiler & Chao, 1990, P.maculatella Saigusa & Sugimoto, 2014 and P.nigra Saigusa & Sugimoto, 2014, are known from Korea, Japan and China.

New information: Proutiacornucervae Roh & Lee, sp. nov. is newly recognised from Korea. In addition, Bruandellaniphonica (Hori) is transferred to genus Proutia. Male and genitalia of the species are described and DNA barcodes are provided.

Keywords: Bruandellaniphonica; DNA barcode; Korea; Proutiacornucervae; bagworms; new combination.

Dong-June Lee, Jae-Seok Lee, Jongwon Kim, Hyeon Lee, Bong-Kyu Byun, Seung Jin Roh.