Petersen-1957
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Morophagoides
A genus of small moths in the family Tineidae, established by Petersen in 1957. The genus has a wide distribution and contains at least eight species in Japan, including four described in a 2015 revision based on adult morphological characters. The Japanese fauna comprises M. ussuriensis, M. moriutii, M. occidentalis, M. meridianus, and four newly described species: M. breviculus, M. robinsoni, M. aquilonis, and M. yakuensis. A potential synapomorphy has been proposed for this genus, though details of larval biology and host associations remain undocumented.