Trichocera (Trichocera) major Edwards, 1921

(Fig. 19; Krzemińska 2001b, Figs. 1–17)

Trichocera major Edwards, 1921: 229 .

Trichocera (Trichocera) major: Dahl & Alexander, 1976: 16 .

Distribution. This species is widely distributed in Europe, being found from Ireland (Ashe & O’Connor 1989), Great Britain (Edwards 1921) and Spain (Dahl et al. 2002) to European part of Russia (Petrašiūnas & Paramonov 2013) and further east to Japan (Nakamura (2014) as well as the specimens collected by T. Nakamura and donated to the senior author of this report, stored in MZVU) and Korea (the present study).

Examined material (Fig. 38): 1 male (pinned), North Korea, Seren Mts., alt. 4–5000 ft . , 0 2.10.1937 coll. A. M. Yankovsky; 1 male, 1 female (same pin), 2 specimens without genitalia (same pin), North Korea, Ompo, alt. 800 ft . , 0 5.11,1937, coll. A. M. Yankovsky; 1 female (pinned), North Korea, Ompo, alt. 600 ft . , 26.09.1937, coll. A. M. Yankovsky, wrongly named as paratype of Dicranoptycha prolongata by C. P. Alexander (all USNM).

Notes. This appears to be a widely distributed species; however, these records are the first for Korea.