Taxonomy and origin of moths inhabiting in the Japanese warm temperate forests

1。调查的温带线虫林有：最北端的本州中部；山仁岛和对马岛，与朝鲜半岛相连：琉球群岛。对九州大学和大阪府立大学收集的蛾类进行了检查。所谓的“喜马拉雅异角目”的成员通常被认为是温暖温带森林的居民。对其分布格局进行了分析，并讨论了部分类群的起源及其与日本种的关系。在琉球的奄美大岛发现了一种两栖类新种。最近的亲戚是a . livids，广泛分布于欧洲到日本，新物种被认为是遗留物。近年来在日本重新发现的淡紫色Lygephila主要分布在阔叶常绿林中，而与之有亲缘关系的L. recta主要分布在落叶林中，但在其分布边界的某些地方发现了两者的混合分布。aedea是一种典型的喜马拉雅飞蛾，分布于喜马拉雅至日本中部，已知有许多亚种；本文综述了琉球群岛各亚种间的关系，并从冲绳和屋久岛的亚种中区分出了奄美大岛的一个新亚种。报道了2次迁徙飞蛾的观测结果。天大岛的Naze， Amani-oshima的灯光吸引了一大群巨巨藻，这是第二次记录巨巨藻的成群迁徙，第一次是在1968年的“Tango”海洋气象站，l29 N. Long. 135 E。堇菜广泛分布于东南亚，曾多次迁移到日本海沿岸。这些观测分别是在台风和低气压经过后进行的。

1 . The following worm temperate forests were investigated: central Honshu, the northern most border of the forests; San-in and Tsushima, for connection with the Korean Peninsula: the Ryukyu Islands. The moth collections of Kyushu University and University of Osaka Prefecture were checked.2. Members of so called "Himalayan Heterocera" are usually considered to be inhabitants of warm temperate forests. Their distribution patterns were analyzed, and the origin of some groups and the relationship to Japanese species were discussed.3. A new species of Amphipyra was discovered from Amami-oshima, the Ryukyus. The closest relative is A. livids, widely distributed from Europe to Japan, and the new spesiec was considered a relict. Lygephila lilacina was recently rediscovered from Japan and inhabit in broadleaved evergreen forests, on the other hand the related L. recta live in deciduous forests, though the two species were found mixed in some places of their distributional borders. Eterusia aedea is a typical Himalayan moth, distributed from Himalaya to central Japan, and many subspecies were known; the relationship among subspecies of the Ryuikyu Islands were reviewed and a new subspecies from Amami-oshima was distinguished from those of Okinawa and Yakushima.4. Two observations of migrant moths were reported. A large crowd of Macroglossum pyrrhostieta were attracted by lights at Naze, Amani-oshima, this is the second record of the swarming migration, the first was at the Ocean Weather Station "Tango", Lat. 29ﾟ N. Long. 135ﾟ E in 1968. Hypocala violacea is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, and immigrated several times into coasts of the Japan Sea. Those observations were made just after passage of a typhoon and a low pressure, respectively.