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

1.调查了以下温带蠕虫森林：本州中部，森林最北部的边界；三因和对马，与朝鲜半岛相连：琉球群岛。对九州大学和大阪府大学的蛾类藏品进行了比对。所谓的“喜马拉雅异角兽”的成员通常被认为是暖温带森林的居民。分析了它们的分布格局，讨论了部分类群的起源及其与日本种的关系。在琉球的Amami-Oshima上发现了一种新的双鳍金鱼。最近的近亲是李氏原虫，从欧洲到日本广泛分布，这种新的种被认为是残余的。Lilacina是最近从日本重新发现的，生活在常绿阔叶林中，而与之相关的Letta则生活在落叶林中，尽管在它们的分布边界的一些地方发现了这两个物种的混合。Eterusia 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，已知多个亚种；对琉球群岛各亚种间的关系进行了综述，并将Amami-Oshima亚种与冲绳和Yakushima亚种进行了区分。报告了两次观察到的飞蛾。在Amani-Oshima的Naze，一大群巨舌鱼被灯光吸引，这是第二次记录成群的迁徙，第一次是在海洋气象站“Tango”，Lat。29ﾟN.Long.1968年的ﾟE。小菜蛾广泛分布于东南亚，并多次迁徙到日本海沿岸。这些观测分别是在台风和低气压通过后不久进行的。

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.