Matsui Yuki, Kohama Sari, Naka Hideshi
The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences; Tottori University; 4-101 Koyama-Minami; Tottori; 680-8553; Japan; Entomological Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819-0395; Japan.
Faculty of Agriculture; Tottori University; 4-101 Koyama-Minami; Tottori; 680-8553; Japan.
Zootaxa. 2024 May 27;5458(1):73-82. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.1.3.
An unidentified spilomeline moth, "Nosophora sp." was first illustrated by Inoue (1982) from Japan. Since little is known about the immature stage of "Nosophora sp.", we attempted to rear this species from eggs. As a result, we found that "Nosophora sp." can be successfully reared on Quercus serrata Murray and Q. glauca Thunb. Surprisingly, of the adults that emerged, all females showed the "Nosophora sp." phenotypes, while all males showed the N. insignis (Butler, 1881) phenotypes. We also found that the mitochondrial COI sequences of "Nosophora sp." and N. insignis are completely identical. Based on these results, we concluded that "Nosophora sp." and N. insignis represent the sexual dimorphisms of the same species, and redescribed N. insignis.
一种未鉴定的食蛾科蛾类“Nosophora sp.”首次由井上（1982年）根据来自日本的标本进行了描述。由于对“Nosophora sp.”的幼虫阶段知之甚少，我们尝试从卵开始饲养该物种。结果，我们发现“Nosophora sp.”可以成功地在锯叶栎和青冈上饲养。令人惊讶的是，羽化出的成虫中，所有雌性都表现出“Nosophora sp.”的表型，而所有雄性都表现出N. insignis（巴特勒，1881年）的表型。我们还发现“Nosophora sp.”和N. insignis的线粒体细胞色素氧化酶亚基I（COI）序列完全相同。基于这些结果，我们得出结论，“Nosophora sp.”和N. insignis代表同一物种的性二态性，并对N. insignis进行了重新描述。
