A Study on the Insect Fauna in and Around Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea

This study was conducted as a part of the information establishment of regional biological resources in the Korea National Arboretum back in 2010. Along with the region of Goseong-gun in Gangwon-do, its surroundings were examined including Geonbongsa Temple, Mt. Noinsan (383 m), Mt. Masanbong (1,051 m), and Mt. Unbongsan (286 m) as well as Taphyeon and Dowon Reservoir. A total of two surveys were conducted for 4 days in June and September, 2010, confirming the distribution of insects as many as 518 species in 102 families under 12 orders. In addition, as many as 9 species of native fauna in Korea were discovered including Panorpa coreana Okamoto; as many as 13 species of the overseas carrying-out approval target insects were discovered including Lophontosia pryeri Butler; as many as 2 species of native fauna in Korea and the overseas carrying-out approval target insects including Ambulyx japonica Rothschild.