1986

• Hirowatari, T., 1986. Study on the genus Jamides Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga 36(3): 113-131. Reference page. 
• Hirowatari, T., 1986b. Morphology and taxonomic importance of the female genitalia of the genus Nacaduba Moore (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga 37: 51-60. Reference page. 

1987

• Hirowatari, T., 1987. Systematic position of Pepliphorus cyanea (Cramer) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenaidae). Tyô to Ga 38(1): 31-37. Reference page. 

1988

• Parsons, M.J. & Hirowatari, T. 1988. A new species of Callictita from Irian Jaya. Tyô to Ga 39(4): 259–262, 2 figs. web. Reference page. 

1989

• Hara, M. & Hirowatari, T., 1989: A New Species of the Genus Nacaduba Moore (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Tahiti Island. Tyô to Ga 40 (2): 133–139. Abstract and full article: . Reference page. 

1990

• Hirowatari, T., 1990a. An overview of the genus Nacaduba Moore (Lycaenidae). Yadoriga 142: 2-11. Reference page. 
• Hirowatari, T., 1990. Systematic Position of Hypojamides catochloris (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) ESAKIA, Special Issue No. 1 : 173-176, PDF. Reference page. 

1992

• Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page. 

1993

• Hirowatari, T., 1993. Biogeography of the Genus Caleta Fruhstorfer (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Jpn. J. Ent. 61(4): 771-782, 21 figs. Reference page. 
• Hirowatari, T., 1993. Nacaduba Moore, [1881] (Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed precedence over Pepliphorus Hübner, [1819]. Buletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50 (1): March 1993. BHL. Reference page. 

1994

• Hirowatari, T. and Cassidy, A.C., 1994. A new species of the genus Jamides Hübner from Sulawesi. Tyô to Ga, 45(1):1-4. pdf. Reference page. 
• Sibatani, A., Saigusa, T. & Hirowatari, T. 1994. The genus Maculinea van Eeke, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the East Palaearctic Region. Tyô-to-Ga 44(4): 157–220, 50 Figs. PDF. Reference page. 

2009

• Hirowatari, T., Hashimoto, S., Jinbo, U. & Wang, M. 2009. Descriptions of two new species of Vietomartyria Hashimoto & Mey (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) from South China, with reference to autapomorphies of the genus. Entomological Science 12(1): 67–73. DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00305.x Reference page. 
• Kobayashi, S., Hirowatari, T., Murase, M. & Kuroko, H. 2009. A new stem-borer of the genus Bucculatrix (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) from Japan, with description of the life history. Entomological Science 12(1), 84-90. DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00307.x. Reference page. 

2010

• Hirowatari, T.., Huang, G.H., Hashimoto, S. & Wang, M. 2010. A remarkable new species of Vietomartyria Hashimoto & Mey (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) from South China. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 61(3): 211–217. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kobayashi, S., Hirowatari, T. & Kuroko, H. 2010. A revision of the Japanese species of the family Bucculatricidae (Lepidoptera). Lepidoptera Science 61(1), 1-57. DOI: 10.18984/lepid.61.1_1. Reference page. 

2011

• Kobayashi, S., Sakamoto, Y., Jinbo, U., Nakamura, A. & Hirowatari, T. 2011. A new willow leaf blotch miner of the genus Phyllocnistis (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Phyllocnistinae) from Japan, with pupal morphology and genetic comparison of Salicaceae mining species using DNA barcodes. Lepidoptera Science 62(2): 75–93. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 

2012

• Hirowatari, T., Kanazawa, I. & Liang, X.C. 2012. Four New Species of the Genus Nemophora Hoffmannsegg (Lepidoptera, Adelidae) from China. Esakia (52): 99-106. Reference page. 

2013

• Kobayashi, S., Huang, G.-H., Nakamura, A. & Hirowatari, T. 2013. Four new species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from China and Japan, and description of the pupal morphology of the genera Corythoxestis, Eumetriochroa, Guttigera, and Metriochroa. Zootaxa 3619(2): 101–129. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.2.1 Reference page. 

2014

• Ahn, N.H.; Murase, M.; Arita, Y., Hirowatari, T. 2014 A new species of the genus Proleucoptera Busck (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae) from the Nasu Imperial Villa, Japan Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 65(4): 137–141. Abstract and full article Reference page. 
• Osada, Y., Yoshimatsu, S.I., Sakai, M. & Hirowatari, T. 2014. Two new species of the genus Morophagoides (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) closely related to the shiitake fungus moth, M. moriutii, from Japan. Applied entomology & zoology, 49(3):375-383. DOI: 10.1007/s13355-014-0265-z Reference page. 

2015

• Osada, Y., Sakai, M. & Hirowatari, T. 2015: A revision of the genus Morophagoides Petersen (Lepidoptera, Tineidae) from Japan. Zootaxa 3973(2): 351–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Yoshida, T. & Hirowatari, T. 2015: Larval and pupal morphology of three species of the genus Psammoecus Latreille (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Brontinae) in Japan with reference to the number of larval instars. Zootaxa 3937(1): 90–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.1.4. Reference page. 
• Wang, X., Wang, M., Zolotuhin, V.V., Hirowatari, T., Wu, S. & Huang, G-H. 2015. The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands. Zootaxa 3989(1): 1–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF)ISBN 978-1-77557-749-2 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-750-8 (Online edition) Reference page. 

2016

• Kobayashi, S., Sato, H., Hirano, N., Yamada, K. & Hirowatari, T. 2016. A review of the Japanese species of the family Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera). ZooKeys 601: 127–151. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.601.7782. Reference page. 
• Osada, Y. & Hirowatari, T. 2016. A review of the Japanese species of the choragella-group of the genus Morophaga Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4127(1): 192–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.12. Reference page. 
• Osada, Y., Sakai, M. & Hirowatari, T. 2016. A review of the Japanese species of the genus Scardia Treitschke (Lepidoptera, Tineidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4079(3): 363–371. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.3.4.Reference page. 
• Yagi, S., Hirowatari, T. & Arita, T. 2016. A remarkable new species of the genus Teinotarsina (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Okinawa-jima, Japan. ZooKeys 571: 143-152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.571.7780.Reference page. 

2017

• Duwal, R.K., Yasunaga, T. & Hirowatari, T. 2017. First record of Biromiris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from the Oriental Region, with a new species from Philippines. ZooKeys 677: 89—95. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.673.11308. Reference page. 
• Duwal, R.K., Yasunaga, T., Tomokuni, M., Nakatani, Y. & Hirowatani, T. 2017. Further records on the plant bug tribe Hallodapini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) in Asia, with proposition of two new species and a new synonymy. Zootaxa 4258(5): 401–424. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.1. Reference page. 
• Hirowatari, T., Huang, G-H. & Wang, M. 2017. Review of the genus Roeslerstammia, with a new species from China (Lepidoptera, Roeslerstammiidae). ZooKeys 668: 107—122. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.668.11896. Reference page. 
• Yagi, S. & Hirowatari, T. 2017. A new species of Etainia Beirne (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) from Japan. Lepidoptera Science 68(2): 65-72. Reference page. 
• Yoshida, T., Hirowatari, T. & Hashim, R. 2017. A new genus of Silvaninae (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) with two new species from the Malay Peninsula. Zootaxa 4258(4): 365–374. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.4.4. Reference page. 

2018

• Kirichenko, N., Triberti, P., Kobayashi, S., Hirowatari, T., Doorenweerd, C., Ohshima, I., Huang, G-H., Wang, M., Magnoux, E. & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2018. Systematics of Phyllocnistis leaf-mining moths (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) developing on dogwood (Cornus spp.) in Northeast Asia, with the description of three new species. ZooKeys 736: 79–118. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.736.20739. Reference page. 
• Yoshida, T. & Hirowatari, T. 2018. A new genus and species of Brontinae from Borneo (Coleoptera, Silvanidae). Zookeys, 805: 45–57. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.805.28757 Reference page. 

2019

• Kyaw, K.M.M., Yagi, S., Oku, J., Sakamaki, Y. & Hirowatari, T. 2019. Taxonomic study of Thiotricha Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in Japan, with the description of two new species. ZooKeys 897: 67-99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.897.38529 . Reference page. 

2020

• Liao, C.Q., Hirowatari, T. & Huang, G.H. 2020. Descriptions of two new Vietomartyria species (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae) from China. European Journal of Taxonomy 610: 1–14. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.610. . Reference page. 
• Tomura, S. & Hirowatari, T. 2020. A new species of the genus Promalactis (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) in Japan. Lepidoptera Science 71(2): 27-31. Reference page. 

2021

• Hirowatari, T., Yagi, S., Ohshima, I, Huang, G.H. & Wang, M. 2021. Review of the genus Vespina (Lepidoptera, Incurvariidae) with two new species from China and Japan. Zootaxa 4927(2): 209–233. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4927.2.3. . Reference page. 
• Kyaw, K.M.M., Ueda, T., Yagi, S., Okamoto, T., Wang, M. & Hirowatari, T. 2021. A Taxonomic study of two species of Thiotricha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), from southwestern Japan, with notes on the biology of their immature stages. Zootaxa 4980(2): 331–354. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.2.5. . Reference page. 
• Liao, C.Q., Hirowatari, T. & Huang, G.H. 2021. First report of the family Palaeosetidae (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea) from mainland China, with description of a new Ogygioses species and its phylogenetic position within the genus. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 24(4): 1040-1049. DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2021.09.008 .Reference page. 
• Liao, C.Q., Hirowatari, T. & Huang, G.H. 2021a. Description of a new Nemophora species from China(Lepidoptera: Adelidae), with key to

species of the sichuana species group. Lepidoptera Science 72(2): 17-23. Reference page. 

• Tomura, S., Komatsu, T., Yagi, S. & Hirowatari, T. 2021. Two new species of Promalactis and one newly recorded from Japan (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae). Zootaxa 4970(1): 151–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.7. . Reference page.