IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS ON THE JAPANESE MOTHS

The following collections include many Holotype and Paratype specimens from Japan.

• MATSUMURA COLLECTION
  by late Dr. Shonen MATSUMURA (mainly Macrolepidoptera)
  -----> Hokkaido University (Sapporo, JAPAN)


• INOUE COLLECTION
  by Dr. Hiroshi INOUE (mainly Macrolepidoptera except Notctuidae; especialy Geometroidea)
  -----> The Natural History Museum (London, UK)
  [some duplicates are deposited in National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba
  and some duplicates also are deposited in National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo]


• KAWABE COLLECTION
  by late Atsushi KAWABE (Tortricoidea)
  -----> Sumisonian Museum (Washington D.C., USA)
  [some duplicates are deposited in National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo]


• ISSIKI COLLECTION
  by late Dr. Syuti ISSIKI (Microlepidoptera)
  -----> Sumisonian Museum (Washington D.C., USA)


• MORIUTI COLLECTION
  by late Dr. Shigeru MORIUTI (Microlepidoptera)
  -----> Osaka Pref. University (Osaka, JAPAN)


• KUROKO COLLECTION
  by Dr. Hiroshi KUROKO (Microlepidoptera)
  -----> Osaka Pref. University (Osaka, JAPAN)


• ARITA COLLECTION
  by Dr. Yutaka ARITA (Sesioidea)
  -----> National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo, JAPAN)


• OWADA COLLECTION
  by Dr. Mamoru OWADA (Herminiinae)
  -----> National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo, JAPAN)


• SUGI COLLECTION
  by Mr. Shigero SUGI (Noctuoidea, Notodontidae)
  -----> National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (Tsukuba, JAPAN)
  [part of the collection is deposited in National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo]


• SATO COLLECTION
  by Dr. Rikio SATO (Geometridae)
  -----> National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (Tsukuba, JAPAN)
  [part of the collection (mainly Geometridae) is Dr.Sato private collection (Niigata, JAPAN)]


• NAKAJIMA COLLECTION
  by Dr. Hideo NAKAJIMA (Geometridae)
  -----> National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (Tsukuba, JAPAN)
  [part of the collection is Dr.Nakajima private collection (Yokohama, JAPAN)]


• YAMANAKA COLLECTION
  by Mr. Hiroshi YAMANAKA (Pyralidae)
  -----> Now, Mr.YAMANAKA private collection (Toyama, JAPAN)


• KISHIDA COLLECTION
  by Mr. Yasunori KISHIDA (Mainly Bombyces)
  -----> Now, Mr.Kishida private collection (Tokyo, JAPAN)
  [type specimens are deposited in National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo]