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Two species, Assara inouei Yamanaka and Assara pallidella Yamanaka, are newly added to the pyralid fauna of Korea, with redescriptions and illustrations of adult and genitalia.

Heppner, John B., Bae, Yang-Seop (2017): A new Prophaecasia species from Cambodia and the female characters of the genus (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Olethreutini). Zootaxa 4291 (3): 595-600, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.12

Four species of the genus Danielithosia Dubatolov & Kishida, 2012, are reported from northern Vietnam: Danielithosia immaculata (Butler, 1880), Danielithosia hoenei Dubatolov, 2013, Danielithosia zolotuhini Dubatolov, 2012, and Danielithosia baviensis n. sp. Illustrations of adults and genitalia are presented, with species descriptions and notes.

In a faunal study of the micromoths in Cambodia, thirteen species of the genus Dichomeris (Gelechiidae, Dichomeridinae) are recognized, including associated Chinese species. Eight species are described as new: D. arcuata sp. nov., D. splendiptera sp. nov., D. samkosensis sp. nov., D. foliforma sp. nov., D. magnimacularis sp. nov., D. hainanensis sp. nov., D. cambodiensis sp. nov., D. acutivalvata sp. nov. Five species are newly recorded for Cambodia: D. orientis Park & Hodges, D. fuscusitis Li & Zheng, D. obsepta (Meyrick), D. microsphena Meyrick, and D. matsumurai Ponomarenko & Ueda. . Images of adults and genitalia are provided.

The genus Kailasha Singh & Kirti of Erebidae in Oriental Region is reviewed, with six species including a new species, Kailasha babensis Bae & Bayarsaikhan, sp. n., which is closely similar to effracta group in the superficial characters. Two species, K. pellucida (Rothschild), comb. n. and K. angkorensis Bayarsaikhan & Bae, comb. n., are newly combined from the genus Cyana Walker. Brief descriptions on all known species, with illustrations of adults and both sexes of genitalia are provided. A key to species is given.

Four species of the genus Assara Walker, 1863 are revised from NE China. Among them, Assara yanbianensis BaeQi sp. n. is described as new to science and A. terebrella (Zincken, 1818) is newly recorded from China. A key to the NE Chinese species of the genus Assara with illustrations of adults and genitalia are presented.

Three species of the genus Sciota Hulst, 1888 are recognized from Northeast China: Sciota cynicella (Christoph, 1881), Sciota fumella (Eversmann, 1844), and Sciota adelphella (Fischer von R$\ddot{o} $ 수식 이미지slerstamm, 1836), of which Sciota cynicella (Christoph, 1881) is reported for the first time from China. This species can be distinguished from congeners by the gray color of basal area, the straight antemedial line and the distinct postmedial line on the forewing; by the stout aedeagus in male genitalia. In this study, a key to Northeastern Chinese species of genus Sciota is presented, and the illustrations of adults and genitalia are also provided.

Two species of the family Incurvariidae, Vespina nielseni Kozlov and Paraclemensia monospina Nielsen, are reported for the first time from Korea. The morphological characteristics of adults and the female genitalia of the two species are redescribed briefly, with illustrations.

Sirindhornia emmeli n. sp. and Sirindhornia ninhbinhensis n. sp. are described and illustrated from Vietnam (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Enarmoniini), and these are the first records of the genus from outside of Thailand.

Heppner, John B., Bae, Yang-Seop (2016): Two new species of Loboschiza from Cambodia and Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Enarmoniini). Zootaxa 4169 (1): 171-178, DOI: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4169.1.9

The Family Lecithoceridae of the Oceanian region, which includes New Guinea (Papua and Papua New Guinea) together with some islands east of Borneo and SW Pacific islands, is reviewed, with a description of Thubana brunalis Park, sp. nov. T. brunalis is the second species of the Torodorinae introduced to the region. Also included a historical review on the taxonomic works on the family in the region, a zoogeographical consideration of the taxa, and a tentative check list of the family, including 158 valid species names. Sphenocrates Meyrick, 1925, syn. nov. is synonymized with Crocanthes Meyrick. New combinations include Pectinimura palpella (Bradley, 1961), comb. nov. and Crocanthes neptis (Diakonoff, 1954), comb. nov.

Vietnam micro-moths remain poorly known, and new species are discovered year after year among the Tortricidae (Kuznetzov 1992, 2000; Razowski 2003, 2008; Heppner 2010; Heppner and Bae 2015a, b) and other families (e.g., Park et al. 2007). Razowski (2009) described the genus Fansipaniana for a single new species from the high mountains in northern Vietnam close to the border with China. Recent exploration of many areas in Vietnam has resulted in the discovery of a second species of Fansipan-iana from a lower elevation mountain range near Hanoi. The new species is from Tam Dao, one of the most well known sites in Vietnam for moth collecting.

The genus Anarsia Zeller in Vietnam and Cambodia is reviewed, with 19 species including 10 new species: A. deuterodes Park, sp. nov., Anarsia diversiola Park, sp. nov., A. porthmista Park, sp. nov., A. melanodes Park, sp. nov., A. gryphodes Park, sp. nov., A. campestra Park, sp. nov., A. similicampa Park, sp. nov., A. kepensis Park, sp. nov., A. pusillidia Park, sp. nov., and A. houhunlii Park, sp. nov. Nine previously described species, namely A. tricornis Meyrick, A. choana Park, A. isogona Meyrick, A. paraisogona Meyrick, A. incerta Ueda, A. acerata Meyrick, A. didymopa Meyrick, A. phortica Meyrick, and A. patulella (Walker), are reported for the first time from Vietnam or Cambodia. Anarsia magnibimaculata Li & Zheng, 1998 is newly synonymized with A. bimaculata Ponomarenko, 1989. A tentative check list of the genus in the Central and East Asia (including Indochina, China, Russian Far East, Korea, and Japan) is given.

A new species of the genus Synersaga Gozmány, S. mondulkiriensis sp. n., is described from Cambodia. The genus is diagnosed, and a global catalogue for the genus is provided.

Although the arctiine fauna of Cambodia remains poorly known, considerable progress has been made over the last seven years (Bucsek, 2012; Cerny & Pinratana, 2009; Bae et al., 2012; Dubatolov, 2012, 2013; Dubatolov et al., 2012, 2013). The genus Danielithosia (Arctiinae) was established by Dubatolov and Kishida (2012), with the type species Tigrioides aureolata Daniel, 1954 from Fujian, Sichuan, and Zhejiang, China. To date, this genus comprises 11 species in the world, most of which are distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions (Dubatolov, 2013). The genus Danielithosia can be recognized by the following characters: sacculus with a characteristic broadening subapically; juxta long, with a long sclerotized bifurcated process apically (Dubatolov et al., 2012). In Cambodia, only one species, D. hoenei Dubatolov, 2013, has been reported (Dubatolov, 2013), and we here describe one new species from Cambodia. Terminology in this paper follows Dubatolov et al. (2012), and the specimens used in this study are deposited in the collection of Incheon National University (INU), on indefinite loan from Cambodia.

Four species of the genus Assara Walker, 1863 are revised from NE China. Among them, Assara yanbianensis Bae & Qi sp. n. is described as new to science and A. terebrella (Zincken, 1818) is newly recorded from China. A key to the NE Chinese species of the genus Assara with illustrations of adults and genitalia are presented.

A survey of the genus Sorolopha Lower, 1901 in the northern part of Vietnam revealed the presence of 10 species, includ-ing S. cucphuongensis Bae & Le, sp. nov . Most of the species previously were reported by various authors, but S. rube-scens Diakonoff, 1973 and S. cyclotoma Lower, 1901 are newly recorded for the country. All species are diagnosed, and figures of the adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key to species of Sorolopha in Vietnam.

The tribe Eucosmini is the second largest tribe of Olethreutinae with more than 1,000 species in over 125 genera, distributed mostly in the Holarctic region, and over half of the known species occur in the Nearctic region (Horak and Brown, 1991b). Eucosmini can be separated from other tribes by a combination of the following characters proposed by Kuznetsov and Stekolnikov (1984): 1) one-branched protuberance of the valve; 2) gnathos and uncus is very weakened or reduced. In Vietnam, in the period 1977–1978 and 1997–1998, National Institute of Plant Protection (NIPP) recorded only seven Tortricidae species. Recently, Kuznetzov (2001) recorded four species in the Southern part of Vietnam: Eucosmogastra aeolantha (Meyrick, 1914), Noduliferola pleurogramma (Clarke, 1976), N. atriplaga (Clarke, 1976), N. phaeostropha (Clarke, 1976). Razowski recorded 14 species of 10 genera of Eucosmini (2009). In this study, we are briefly reviewed of tribe Eucosmini in the Northern part of Vietnam. As the result of this study, a total of 19 Eucosmini species of 13 genera are recognized. Of them, 17 species are reported for the first time from Vietnam such as: Coenobiodes acceptana Kuznetzov, 1973; Epiblema foenella (Linnaeus, 1785); Lepteucosma ceriodes (Meyrick, 1909), etc. The materials identification based on the collection of University of Incheon, which has collected from 2004–2009 in the Northern part of Vietnam by Vietnamese and Korean entomologist.

Studying on insect diversity from reclaimed wetland in Sihwalake region has been conducted from 2005 to 2010. Totally, 30 times surveyed by day (24 times) and night (6 times) collecting.The daytime collecting method by sweeping, beating, brushing and others, that were depend on the conditions. The night collecting methods by using light trap (High Pressure Mercury Lamps (KSC7604) X 1, FL20SBL X 2). The results of this survey, a total of 255 species of76 families belonging to 10 orders were recorded in 2005; 273 species of83 families belonging to 10 orders were recorded in 2006; 282 species of 86 families belonging to 13 orders were recorded in 2007; 354 species of110 families belonging to 13 orders were recorded in 2008; 338 species of107 families belonging to 12 orders were recorded in 2009 and295 species of97 families belonging to 10 orders were recorded in 2010. The result of this study showed that, biodiversity of insect was continuously increased from 2005 to 2008, but it decreased from 2009. The remarkable species is Lycaenadisparaurata (Leech) that protect species of Incheon.

Cambodia covers 181,035 km2 (a little over half size of Vietnam), among them, the forest area is cover about 53 percent, so there are abundant insects diversities. The family Arctiidae so called tiger moths are belonging to superfamily Noctuoidea, with more than 11,155 named species of 750 genera are distributed worldwide (Heppner, 2005). Taxonomic study of the Arctiidae in Cambodia has been done by a few foreign entomologists (). In the present study, we were collected four times from 2009–2010 in three protected forests are Seima, Central Cardamom, and North Cardamom. Each time, we were collected from 3 to 5 sites in each forest by using light trap. As a result of this study, a total of 183 species of 13 families belonging to Lepidoptera. Of which, 70 species of 32 genera of 2 subfamilies (Lithosiinae and Arctiinae) belonging to Arctiidae family were identified from Cambodia.

Pyraloidea is one of the larger superfamilies of Lepidoptera which comprises 16,000 named species (Kristensen, 1999). The larvae of Pyraloidea are generally concealed feeders. Most of pyraloid moths do harm to grains, vegetables, fruits and even insects. (Malcolm, 1992). Jilin Province is an important area of forestry and agriculture in NE China, many diseases and pests occurred each year. Accordingly to survey the diversity of Pyraloidea in Jilin Province is significant for systematic study and it is the basis for pests control in NE China. According to the references, we got the Pyraloidea checklist of China, which includes totally 110 species in Jilin Province, and up to now, we identified 76 species, among them, Pyralidae: 4 subfamilies, such as: 1 species of Galleriinae, 10 species of Pyralinae, 2 species of Epipaschiinae, 13 species of Phycitinae; Crambidae: 4 subfamilies, such as: 34 species of Pyraustinae, 2 species of Evergestinae, 4 species of Scopariinae, 10 species of Crambinae. Of them, 55 species are the first time reported in Jilin Province. All of the materials examined are kept in University of Incheon, which were collected from 2000–2003 in China.

As a result of expeditions to Province Jilin, China between 1999 and 2004, 36 species of Tortricinae, including 26 species of the tribe Archipini, six of Cochylini, and four of Tortricini, were recorded. Of them, 14 species were reported for the first time from Province Jilin in China. In this paper, available information for these species, including the host plants, synonymies, and distributional ranges, is provided.

Two species of the genus Herpetogramma Lederer are reported for the first time in Korea: Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker) and Herpetogramma stultalis (Walker). The description, host plants, adult photographs, and pictures of the male and female genitalia are provided.