Author's Organization:Laboratory of Entomology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Section of Plant Diseases and Insect pests, Tokachi Experiment Station Section of Plant Diseases and Insect pests, Tokachi Experiment Station:(Present address)Plant Pathology and Insect Division, Hokkaido Central Agricultural Experimental Station
Phytopsila carota n. gen. and n. sp. injurious to the root of carrot in Japan is described and illustrated. Morphological characters of the third instar larva and puparium and ecological information are also presented.