The first record of the Nearctic genus Kearfottia Fernald, 1904 (Lepidoptera Psychidae) from the Palaearctic Region (Japan) Author Saigusa, Toyohei 7 - 1 - 402, Baikoen 2 - chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, 810 - 0035 Japan. Author Sugimoto, Mika Kyushu University Museum, 10 - 1, Hakozaki 6 - chome, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, 812 - 8581 Japan. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-01-25 4915 4 547 558 journal article 8675 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.4.5 dc203554-1357-47f9-92ff-fd821c020df2 1175-5326 4461608 9052CF82-BF7B-49FD-A1FA-91B5024519D7 Kearfottia japonica Saigusa and Sugimoto , sp. nov. Diagnosis . Very similar to Kearfottia albifasciella Fernald, 1904 in coloration of vestiture. Forewing upperside black with a wide transverse yellowish white band more or less widened posteriorly, and with marginal and often submarginal series of minute yellowish spots. Male genitalia with valvae lacking saccular process and with elongate, slender saccus.