Moths from Great Tit nests in Japan, with descriptions of immature stages of Martyringa ussuriella Lvovsky (Oecophoridae) and autapomorphies for the genus

Abstract

Niditinea baryspilas (Meyrick) (Tineidae) and Martyringa ussuriella Lvovsky (Oecophoridae) developed from Great Tit nest boxes after breeding in Japan. The former larvae fed on down and fur in the bottom of the nest box, and the latter on bryophytes of nest materials. The immature stages of M. ussuriella are described for the first time. Autapomorphies for the genus Martyringa are proposed on the basis of larval and pupal characters.