Erthesina fullo

Erthesina fullo (Thunberg, 1783) Distribution. Widely known from the Oriental region, and introduced to various localities. In East Asia: China, Japan, Taiwan (for details, see Kment et al. 2023: 213). Discussion. Kment et al. (2023) noted two historical specimens (1 ♂, 1 ♀) collected in 1886 and labeled ‘ Korea,’ deposited in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. There is a possibility that this species may be distributed in Korea, considering its widespread distribution in China and Japan (Kment et al. 2023). However, no natural specimens have been observed to date (Kwon et al. 2001, Roca-Cusachs & Jung 2020) except for interception during quarantine measures on foreign vessels (single detection from vessel from China on 30.viii.2019) (Kang et al. 2021). There are multiple cases in Korean insects in which a historical specimen was mislabeled then deposited in foreign collections, especially before the 20 th century (e.g. Hygia obscura (Dallas, 1852), described from two specimens from Java and ‘Corea’: the Korean specimen is regarded mislabeled. see Kerzhner & Brailovsky 2003). Therefore, we regard specimens of E. fullo from Korea as of having doubtful collection label, and E. fullo is preliminarily excluded from the Korean fauna.