Family Lepidostomatidae Ulmer


Author: Tomiko ITO
E-mail: tobikera[AT]siren.ocn.ne.jp
Last updated: 11 October 2026


Lasiocephala basalis Kolenati, reported by Iwata (1927) as a species of family Lepidostomatidae from Kyoto, was a misidentification of Micrsema sp., Brachycentridae (Ito, 1990).


Subfamily Lepidostomatinae Ulmer


Genus Lepidostoma Rambur


Lepidostoma albardanum (Ulmer 1906)

Maniconeura albardana Ulmer 1906

Dinarthrodes albardanus: Fischer 1970

Dinarthrodes kurentzovi Martynov 1935

Goerodes kurentzovi: Ito 1992b, 104.

Goerodes albardanus: Ito 2001, 8.

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central), Tsushima), Russia (Siberia, Khabarovsk, South Primorye, Sakhalin, South Kurils), Korea, China (Heilongjiang, Jilin).

Lepidostoma albicorne (Banks 1906)

Crunoecia albicornis Banks 1906

Dinarthrodes albicorne: Weaver, 1985

Goerodes albicornis: Ito 1999a

Distribution. Japan (Kyushu).

Lepidostoma amagiense Ito 2011

Distribution. Japan, Honshu (central).

Lepidostoma amamiense (Ito 1990)

Goerodes amamiensis Ito 1990a

Lepidostoma amamiense: Weaver 2002

Distribution. Japan (Amami-Oshima).

Lepidostoma axis (Ito 1985)

Goerodes axis Ito 1985d

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central, west)).

Lepidostoma bipertitum (Kobayashi 1955)

Dinarthrodes bipertitus Kobayashi 1955

Goerodes bipertitus: Ito 1983c

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Rebun, Oki-no-shima).

Lepidostoma complicatum (Kobayashi 1968)

Dinarthrodes complicatus Kobayashi 1968

Goerodes complicatus: Ito 1983c

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).

Lepidostoma coreanum (Kumanski and Weaver 1992)

Indocrunoecia coreanum Kumanski and Weaver 1992

Dinarthrum coreanum: Ito 1998

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku), Russia (South Primorye), North Korea.

Lepidostoma cornigera (Ulmer 1907)

Goerodes cornigera Ulmer 1907a

Crunoeciella toyotamaensis Kobayashi 1985b

Goerodes toyotamaensis: Ito 1989

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Tsushima, Yakushima, Koshiki-retto), China (Fujian, Jiangxi).

Lepidostoma crassicorne (Ulmer 1907)

Severinia crassicornis Ulmer 1907a

Neoseverinia carassicornis: Ulmer 1908

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Rishiri, Sado, Oki-no-shima), Russia (Sakhalin, South Kurils).

Lepidostoma doligung (Malicky 1979)

Goerodes doligung Malicky 1979

Distribution. Ryukyu (Yonaguni-jima), India, Taiwan, Hong Kong.

Lepidostoma ebenacanthum (Ito 1992)

Goerodes ebenacanthus Ito 1992a

Distribution. Japan (Ishigaki-jima, Iriomote-jima), Taiwan.

Lepidostoma elongatum (Martynov 1935)

Dinarthrodes elongatus Martynov 1935

Goerodes elongatus: Ito 1985b

Distribution. Japan (Tsushima), Russia (Siberia, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin, Kurils), Korea, China (Heilongjianga, Jilin).

Lepidostoma emarginatum (Ito 1985)

Goerodes emarginatus Ito 1985d

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (north, central)).

Lepidostoma hattorii Ito 2016

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central, western)).

Lepidostoma hirtum (Fabricius 1775)

Phrygania hirta Fabricus, 1775

Ayabeopsyche nipponica Tsuda 1942a

Goerodes nipponica: Tani and Nakamura, 1997

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (west)), Palaearctic.

Lepidostoma hiurai (Tani 1971)

Crunoeciella hiurai Tani, 1971

Goerodes hiurai: Ito 1983c

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido), Russia (Khabarovsk, Sakhalin, South Kurils).

Lepidostoma hokurikuense (Ito 1994)

Goerodes hokurikuensis Ito 1994

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central, west)).

Lepidostoma iriomotense (Ito 1999)

Goerinella arcuatus: Ito 1992a

Goerodes iriomotensis Ito 1999a

Distribution. Japan (Iriomote-jima).

Lepidostoma ishigakiense Ito 2016

Lepidostoma ishigakiense Ito 2016a

Distribution. Japan (Ryukyu (south)).

Lepidostoma itoae (Kumanski & Weaver 1992)

Dinarthrodes itoae Kumanski and Weaver 1992

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku), Korea.

Lepidostoma japonicum (Tsuda 1936)

Atomyiella japonica Tsuda 1936

Dinarthrodes japonicus: Tsuda, 1941

Goerodes japonicus: Ito 1983c

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido (south), Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Sado, Izu, Oki-no-shima, Fukue-jima (Goto Retto), Koshiki-retto, Yakushima).

Lepidostoma kanbaranum (Kobayashi 1968)

Crunoeciella kanbarana Kobayashi 1968

Goerodes kanbaranus: Ito 1990b

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central)).

Lepidostoma kantoense (Ito 1994)

Goerodes kantoensis Ito 1994

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central)).

Lepidostoma kasugaense (Tani 1971)

Dinarthrodes kasugaensis Tani 1971

Goerodes kasugaensis: Tanida and Takemon 1993

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).

Lepidostoma kojimai (Tani 1971)

Paradinarthrodes kojimai Tani 1971

Goerodes kojimai: Ito 1990b

Distribution. Japan, Honshu (central).

Lepidostoma konosense Ito 2011

Distribution. Japan (Shikoku).

Lepidostoma kumanoense (Ito 1994)

Goerodes kumanoensis Ito 1994

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central)).

Lepidostoma kunigamiense (Ito 1999)

Goerodes kunigamiensis Ito 1999b

Distribution. Japan (Okinawa-jima).

Lepidostoma laeve (Ito 1984)

Dinarthrum laeve Ito 1984a

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).

Lepidostoma mennokiense (Ito 2011)

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central)).

Lepidostoma nanseiense (Ito 1990)

Goerodes nanseiensis Ito 1990a

Distribution. Japan (Amami-Oshima, Okinawa-jima).

Lepidostoma naraense (Tani 1971)

Crunobiodes naraensis Tani, 1971

Goerodes naraensis: Ito 1984c

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Russia (South Kurils).

Lepidostoma niigataense Ito 2016

Distribution. Japan, Honshu.

Lepidostoma orientale (Tsuda 1942)

Crunoeciella orientalis Tsuda 1942a

Goerodes orientalis: Ito 1984c

Lepidostoma orientale: Weaver 2002

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central, west), Shikoku, Kyushu, Sado, Tsushima, Koshiki-retto), Russia (continental part of Far East), China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Lepidostoma pseudemarginatum Ito 2011

Distribution. Japan, Honshu (central, west).

Lepidostoma robustum (Ito 1984)

Dinarthrum robustum Ito 1984a

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu (north, central)).

Lepidostoma ryukyuense (Ito 1992)

Goerodes ryukyuensis Ito 1992a

Distribution. Japan (Okinawa-jima).

Lepidostoma satoi (Kobayashi 1968)

Dinarthrodes satoi Kobayashi 1968

Goerodes satoi: Ito 1983c

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu Shikoku, Kyushu), Russia (South Kuriles).

Lepidostoma semicirculare (Ito 1994)

Goerodes semicircularis Ito 1994

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (north, central)).

Lepidostoma spathulatum (Ito 1989)

Goerodes spathulatus Ito 1989

Distribution. Japan (Tsushima).

Lepidostoma speculiferum (Matsumura 1907)

Pycnocentria speculifera Matsumura 1907

Dinarthrodes nukabiraensis Kobayashi 1964

Goerodes nukabiraensis: Ito 1983c

Goerodes speculifer: Ito 1999a

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu).

Lepidostoma stellatum (Ito 1984)

Dinarthrum stellatum Ito 1984a

Lepidostoma tsudai (Tani 1971)

Yamatopsyche tsudai Tani, 1971

Goerodes tsudai: Ito 1984b

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central to west), Kyushu, Oki-no-shima).

Lepidostoma yakushimaense (Ito 1990)

Dinarthrum yakushimaense Ito 1990a

Distribution. Japan (Yakushima).

Lepidostoma yosakoiense Ito 2011

Distribution. Japan (Shikoku).

Lepidostoma yunotaniense Ito 2011

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central)).

Lepidostoma yuwanense Ito 2016

Distribution. Japan (Ryukyu (central)).


Subfamily Theliopsychinae Weaver


Genus Zephyropsyche Weaver


Zephyropsyche monticola Ito, Kagaya and Hattori 2002

Distribution. Japan (Honshu (central, west)).

Zephyropsyche odamiyamensis Ito and Yamamoto 2002

Distribution. Japan (Shikoku).