1979

• Arita, Y. & Diakonoff, A. 1979. A survey of the Japanese species of Anthophila Haworth and Eutromula Froelich and their early stages (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae), with an appendix. Zoologische Verhandelingen 166: 1–42. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Diakonoff, A. & Arita, Y. 1979. Three new species of the so-called Glyphipterigidae Auctorum from Japan (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Mededelingen 54(6): 87–100. [full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1991

• Arita, Y. 1991: Illustrations of the Type Material of Sesiidae (Lepidoptera) Described by Matsumura. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 42(4): 225–237. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 

1995

• Arita, Y. & Gorbunov, O.G. 1995. A revision of the Melittia types (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) kept in the Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford University, UK. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 46(4): 185–205. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 

• Arita, Y. & Gorbunov, O.G. 1995a: A revision of the genus Heterosphecia Le Cerf, 1916 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae, Osminiini). Tinea 14(2): 131–141. Reference page. 

1996

• Arita, Y. & Gorbunov, O.G. 1996: New and unrecorded clearwing moths of the genus Melittia Hubner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Thailand. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 47(3): 157–173. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 

1997

• Arita, Y. & Gorbunov, O.G. 1997. Description of a new Melittia clearwing moth (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Kyushu, Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 48(1): 33–38. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 

1998

• Arita, Y.; Gorbunov, O.G. 1998: A revision of Ferdinand Le Cerf's clearwing moth types (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae), kept at the Paris Museum : III. The genus Chamanthedon Le Cerf, 1916 in the Oriental region. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 49(1): 19–29. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 

1999

• Gorbunov, O.G.; Arita, Y. 1999: Three new taxa of the genus Melittia Hubner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from India. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 50(3): 193–208. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 

2000

• Arita, Y.; Gorbunov, O.G. 2000: A revision of Ferdinand Le Cerf's clearwing moth types (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae), kept at the Paris Museum : III. The genus Chamanthedon Le Cerf, 1916 in the Oriental region. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 49(1): 19–29. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 

• Arita, Y.; Gorbunov, O.G. 2000a: Notes on the tribe Osminiini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of new taxa. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 51(1): 49–74. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 

• Arita, Y. & Gorbunov, O.G. 2000b. On the tribe Melittiini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) of Vietnam. Tinea 16(4): 252–291. Reference page. 

• Arita, Y.; Kallies, A. 2000: New and unrecorded clearwing moths of the genus Melittia Hubner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Thailand. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 52(1): 51–57. Abstract and full article. Reference page. 

2001

• Arita, Y.; Gorbunov, O.G. 2001: Sesiidae of Taiwan. I. The Tribes Tinthiini, Similipepsini, Paraglosseciini, Pennisetiini, Paranthrenini and Cissuvorini. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 7(2): 131–188. Reference page. 

2002

• Arita, Y.; Gorbunov, O.G. 2002: Sesiidae of Taiwan. II. The Tribes Osminiini, Melittiini and Sesiini. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 8(2): 199–241. Reference page. 

2003

• Kallies, A. & Arita, Y. 2003.A note on the genus Melittia Hiibner from New Guinea, with the description of a new species, Melittia propria sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Tinea 17(4): 173–175. Reference page. 

2004

• Kallies, A.; Arita, Y. 2004: New Taxa and Records of Clearwing Moths of the Tribe Melittiini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Vietnam. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 10(2): 193–209. Reference page. 

• Kallies, A.; Arita, Y. 2004a: A survey of the clearwing moths of the tribe Sesiini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Vietnam and adjacent countries with a synopsis of the Oriental Sesiini fauna. Tinea 18(1): 65–95. Reference page. 

2005

• Gorbunov, O.G. & Arita, Y. 2005. A new genus and two new species of Synanthedonini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from the Oriental Region. Tinea 18(supplement 3): 86–95. Reference page. 

2007

• Kallies, A. , Arita, Y. & Wang, M., 20007: A new Phycodinae species (Lepidoptera, Brachodidae) from China. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 58(2): 157–161. Reference page. 

2011

• Kallies, A., Wang, M. & Arita, Y. 2011. A new species of Phycodes from China (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea: Brachodidae). Zootaxa 2797: 54–56. Preview Reference page. 

2014

• Kallies, A.; Arita, Y.; Owada, M.; Wang, M. 2014: Laetosphecia, a new genus of clearwing moths from south-eastern China, with a brief review of the Sesiini from China (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Zootaxa 3895(4): 581–589. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.4.7 Reference page. 

• 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. 

2015

• Eda, K., Arita, Y., Kallies, A. & Wang, M. 2015: A new long-legged clearwing moth species of the genus Teinotarsina Felder & Felder, 1874 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Guangdong, China. Tinea 23(3): 128–130.Reference page. 

• Gorbunov, O.G. & Arita 2015. A new species of the genus Nokona Matsumura, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from South Sulawesi.. Far Eastern Entomologist 293: 1-6. full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Xu, H.M. , Arita, Y., Chen, B.X., Wang, M., 2015: Description of Pyrophleps bicella (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), a new Chinese species of clearwing moth. The Florida Entomologist 98(1): 149-151. full article (pdf)]. Reference page. 

2016

• Arita, Y., Kimura, M., Yata, N. & Nagase, M. 2016. Vicariance in the Macroscelesia japona species-group (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) in the Ryukyus, Japan. Tinea 23(4): 184–198.Reference page. 

• Kallies, A., Arita, Y. & Min, W. 2016. A new species and new records of Melittiini from China and Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Zootaxa 4205(2): 162–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.5 . 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. 

2018

• Gorbunov, O.G. & Arita 2018. A new species of the genus Sazonia O. Gorbunov & Arita, 2001 from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Zootaxa 4527(4): 595–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.4.11 . Reference page. 

• Yata, N., Gorbunov, Arita, Y. & Aoki, Y.A. 2018. On the taxonomy and biology of the clearwing moth Aegeria montis (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Zootaxa 4369(3): 443–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.3.9 . Reference page. 

2019

• Arita, Y., Kallies, A. & Yata, N. 2019. A large hornet mimic clearwing moth of the genus Lamellisphecia Kallies & Arita, 2004 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Nanling, Guangdong, southern China. Zootaxa 4706(3): 477–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.3.8 . Reference page. 

• Gorbunov, O.G. & Arita 2019. A new species of the genus Taikona Arita & O. Gorbunov, 2001 from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Zootaxa 4624(1): 137–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.1.10 . Reference page. 

• Yu, T.T., Arita, Y., Kallies, A. & Wang, M. 2019d. Three new species of the genus Paradoxecia Hampson, 1919 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from China. Zootaxa 4691(3): 261–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.3.6 . Reference page.