Palpita asiaticalis Inoue, sp. nov.長いあいだP. nigropunctalis (Bremer)(日本,ロシア沿海州,サハリン,クリル,朝鮮,中国東部)と混同されていたごく近縁の別種で,インド,ネパール,タイ国,中国南西部,台湾に分布する. Palpita perunionalis Inoue, sp. nov.アフリカから南欧に分布し,移動種として北欧でもしぼしば採集され,ヨーロッパの図鑑でもおなじみのP. unionalis (Hubner)と混同されていた別種で,インド北東部,ネパール,タイ国に分布する. P. unionalisはインド北西部まで分布しているようだが,両種の分布は重なっていない.

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The number of individuals of the insect of Lepidoptera was examined by the method of the route- census and the collection by light-trap in the alpine zone (2342-2702m) of Mt. Norikura (altitude 3026m) in the middle of July and in the late of August, 2008. Thirteen families 53 species were recorded by the investigation for four days. The record of five individuals of Catoptria viridiana will be paid to attention. The number of individuals of Entephria caesiata nebulosa was lot of records among alpine moths' species. Besides, Eupithecia veratraria, Chersotis cuprea japonica, Papestra biren and Syngrapha ottolenguii were confirmed a little, and other high mountain moths were not able to be recorded by this investigation. It is thought that global warming has an influence on living of an alpine species, and the recorded number of species was little at current year to the influence of it. The investigation has not been done enough for alpine moths yet, and more investigations are necessary for clarifying the history of life including the search for an unconfirmed species. To make it to material that considered the living situation of an alpine species, the rate of all record species and an alpine species (It was assumed the confirmation rate) was requested. The confirmation rate of 2007-08 years had risen when having compared it with the data of 1980 years. This was thought to be result of not only a decrease of an alpine species but also a decrease of the number of Lepidoptera insects that went up from the low altitude ground. Xestia speciosa is a lot of before has decreased now. It was judged that the occurrence of an individual's alpine species changed greatly in the high mountain zone.

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In the alpine zone of Mt. Norikura, one hundred species in 13 families of the Lepidoptera were recorded during 17-19 August 2012. The investigations were carried out by the method of the route-census and collection by light trap. The females of Catoptria viridiana Bleszynski were recorded for the first time and many individuals were recognized at investigation site. The ratio of diurnal alpine species to the total number of collected specimens was 86.52 and to the total number of collected species was 22.22. The ratio of nocturnal alpine species to the total number of collected specimens was 27.42 and to the total number of collected species was 10.45.

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植生とライト・トラップとの位置関係から蛾の飛来の規則性を調査し,蛾類群集の研究のためのライト・トラップ最適設置場所について考察した。総個体数と総種数では林縁或いは林縁から約30mはなして設置したトラップで最も多く採集された。一方個々の種においては全体と同様に林縁付近に飛来のピークを持つものと,ピークを持たずほぼ一様に採集されるものの2つの飛来パターンが見られた。そしてこれらはそれぞれ木本食の種と草本食の種にほぼ対応していることが明らかになった。したがって全体での林縁付近のピークは森林からの飛来によって形成されているものと考えられる。また林内に設置したトラップでは個体数,種類数ともに極端に少なかったが,これはライト・トラップの光が林にさえぎられて狭い範囲にしか広がらない為と考えられる。そして林内のみで採集された種が皆無であった点を考え合わせると森林の蛾,或いは森林と草原両方の蛾を最も効率的に集めるためのライト・トラップの設置場所としては林縁付近30m以内が最適と考えられる。

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暖温帯林における主要な優占樹種シイノキ類（スダジイ、コジイおよびその雑種）の林は日本各地で保護上重要な特定植物群落に指定されており、その中には孤立して残存する小面積の社寺林も多い。シイノキ類は虫媒であることが知られているが、都市に残るシイノキ林の繁殖・更新および遺伝的多様性を維持する上で重要な中・長距離の孤立林間の送粉者の候補を明らかにすることを目的に、本州中部の都市・名古屋市の都市孤立林でシイノキ類訪花昆虫相を調査した。観察のみの記録も含めると、合計 6目 33科 45属 65種以上（種までの同定に至らなかったものも 1種と数えた場合）が記録された。特に日没後も調査を行ったことで夜行性の蛾類も多種が訪花していることが確認できた。生態的特徴などから推測すると、シイノキクロカスミカメ、エグリヅマエダシャク、スズメバチ類、アシナガバチ類、コマルハナバチ、コアオハナムグリが、都市域における有力な中・長距離のシイノキ類の送粉者の候補ではないかと考えられた。

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In the alpine zone of Mt. Norikura, 22 families and 168 species of Lepidoptera were recorded on July 17-19, 2010 and August 4-6, 2011. Investigations using route census were performed for 5 days at 3 areas from Kikyougahara (altitude 2702 m) to Oonyuike (altitude 2342 m), to Gonoike (altitude 2720 m) and to Hirayu route (altitude 2600 m) . Investigations using the light traps were performed at the same place at Kikyougahara for 3 days. The ratio of the number of diurnal alpine species to the total number of species recorded on the mountain was 15.38 and 27.27 in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The ratio of the total number of diurnal alpine species individuals to the total number of species individuals on the mountain was 4.17 and 43.70 in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The ratio of the number of nocturnal alpine species to the total number of species recorded on the mountain was 7.14 and 10.45 in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The ratio of the total number of nocturnal alpine species individuals to the total number of species individuals on the mountain was 3.17 and 13.43 in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The habits of some species were investigated. Many individuals of Nemophora ochsenheimerella (= N. japanaloina) were observed flying over Pinus pumila. Six individuals of Papestra biren and Cucullia lucifuga flew into the light trap. The biology of some species was studied in this investigation, such as the sucking behavior of Clepsis monticolana Kawabe and Sympistis heliophila (Paykull). The larvae of Dysstroma citratum nyiwonis (Matsumura) and Cucullia lucifuga (Denis & Schiffermuller) were collected from Artemisia unalaskensis. Females of Clepsis jinboi Kawabe laid eggs in a plastic vial and the hatched larvae fed safely on Artemisia indica. The larval and pupal stages of Clepsis jinboi were recorded for the first time.

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The Gifu Prefectual RED and other species of Lepidoptera has been investigated at the alpine zone and near area of Mt. Sugoroku in 2018. One hundred and nineteen species of twenty-one family including the mountain species were recorded in this investigation.

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赤石山脈南部高山帯の蛾類相を明らかにするために，2016年と2017年に調査をおこなった.その結果13科204 種の蛾類が記録された.赤石山脈で既存記録のある高山種4科23種のうち4科13種を確認することができ，ハイ マツコヒメハマキ，タカネツトガ，シロテンサザナミナミシャク，ウチジロナミシャク，ホッキョクモンヤガ の5種は，聖岳より南の地域で新たに分布を確認することができた.

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The moth fauna of the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands was surveyed from March 22 to March 29, 1998 on Chichi-jima I., Haha-jima I. and Ani-jima I. A total of 101 species including 12 unrecorded species is listed.

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Insects that live in an alpine area are considered to be survivors from the Ice Age. These insects will likely face in a critical situation as global warming increases. We conducted surveys in the alpine zone and the area near Mt. Norikura (alt.3026) , using the route census method (six surveys) around Meotomatu (alt.1960) , from Kikyougahara (alt.2703 m) to Hirayu Route (alt.2544 m), to Oonyu Pond (alt.2338) , to Gono Pond (alt.2721 m) and the light trap method (three surveys) was used at the identified location of Kikyougahara (alt. 2703 m) on April 13, July 16-17, August 5-7 and August 23 in 2021. Data from the light trap survey conducted on August 6, 2021, was used specifically to enumerate the proportion of alpine species. A total of 108 individuals belonging to 28 species were counted; the low number of species and individuals recorded was likely owing to poor weather conditions on that day.　Among them were included alpine species such as Entephria caesiata nebulosa，Heterothera taigana sounkeana，Xestia speciosa ussurica，Xestia wockei aldani，Papestra biren and Syngrapha ottolenguii nyiwonis. Considering species, the percentage of alpine was 21.43%, whereas alpine individuals accounted for 28.70% of total individuals. Although we conducted several surveys using the route census, only a few species could be counted. Colias palaeno sugitanii, Aglais urticae connexa, Sympistis heliophila and Parasemia plantaginis japonica were not recorded any survey. Overall, we recorded 102 species belonging to 18 families of Lepidoptera in all the surveys conducted in the alpine zone and the area near of Mt. Norikura. Among these, we obtained interesting records such as the records of Rhigognostis japonica, Lithophane consocia and Diarsia deparca emerged in an alpine area. On the other hand, Xestia albuncula has not been recorded in the last 10 years. In addition, the absence of several other alpine species was likely owing to a decreases in the number of individuals. It is unclear whether the cause of this decrease is the increase in global warming, and further investigations are required.

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