Kearfottia japonica Saigusa and Sugimoto, 2021

Saigusa, Toyohei & Sugimoto, Mika, 2021, The first record of the Nearctic genus Kearfottia Fernald, 1904 (Lepidoptera Psychidae) from the Palaearctic Region (Japan), Zootaxa 4915 (4), pp. 547-558 : 548

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.4.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9052CF82-BF7B-49FD-A1FA-91B5024519D7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4461612
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C4F917-DD2C-BE50-5EF0-F9DDFEBCF8A5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Kearfottia japonica Saigusa and Sugimoto
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Kearfottia japonica Saigusa and Sugimoto , sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Very similar to Kearfottia albifasciella Fernald, 1904 in coloration of vestiture. Forewing upperside black with a wide transverse yellowish white band more or less widened posteriorly, and with marginal and often submarginal series of minute yellowish spots. Male genitalia with valvae lacking saccular process and with elongate, slender saccus.