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The genus Zizyphia Chrétien, 1908, with notes on its systematic position and the first record of Z. cleodorella Chrétien, 1908 from Europe (Lepidoptera, Depressariidae, Cacochroinae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Lauri Kaila, Ole Karsholt, Txema Revilla
Zizyphia cleodorella Chrétien, 1908 is reported as new to Spain and Europe. The genus Zizyphia and the species Z. cleodorella is diagnosed and its separation from the closely related Z. zizyphella Amsel, 1935 is elaborated. The adult habitus and genital structure, and the species’ habitat are illustrated. The systematic position of the genus is discussed. Because Orophiinae Lvovsky, 1974 is a secondary
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Eupithecia conquesta Tabell & Junnilainen, a new species from Cyprus (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Jukka Tabell, Jari Junnilainen, Pasi Sihvonen
. A new Eupithecia species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae), E. conquesta Tabell & Junnilainen is described from Cyprus. We illustrate the adults, the male and female genitalia of the new species, and those are compared against the closely related species E. phoeniceata (Rambur, 1834) and E. oxycedrata (Rambur, 1833). The genetic distance, based on DNA barcodes, of the new species are compared
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Preheterobathmia gen. nov. – a new non-glossatan taxon from Myanmar amber tentatively assigned to Heterobathmiidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Wolfram Mey
. The description of a new fossil taxon Preheterobathmia grimaldiigen. nov. et sp. nov. is provided from Myanmar amber. The new taxon is tentatively assigned to the extant family Heterobathmiidae based on corresponding architecture of the female genitalia. It displays an interesting mixture of plesiomorphies and apomorphies, which are discussed in a comparison between Preheterobathmiagen. nov. and
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First pyraloid (Insecta, Lepidoptera) caterpillar from Dominican amber Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 M. Alma Solis, Théo Léger, Christian Neumann
. Only three fossils in the Pyraloidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) have been confirmed to date, two adults and one larva. The first confirmed larva, in the subfamily Pyraustinae (Crambidae), was described from Baltic amber. Recently, another pyraloid larva from Dominican amber has come to our attention. We describe this second confirmed larval fossil as Penestola wichardi Solis, Léger & Neumann, sp. nov
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Description of Eretmocera hafeetensis sp. nov. from UAE (Lepidoptera, Scythrididae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Huw Roberts, Bengt Å. Bengtsson
. Eretmocera hafeetensissp. nov., a moth in the family Scythrididae, is described and illustrated based on the examination of three male and 13 female specimens collected at the foot of Jebel Hafeet, an isolated 1,140 metres-high massif just south of Al Ain, after which the new species is named. The new species is distinct from congeners in details of its male and female genitalia and is also readily
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Two new species of the genus Scrobipalpa Janse, 1951 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Ukraine Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Oleksiy V. Bidzilya
. Scrobipalpa arenicolasp. nov. and S. burkuticasp. nov. are described from the Lower Dnipro Sands in the Kherson region of Ukraine. The differences in external characters and genitalia of the new species from their congeners are discussed. Photographs of the adults and genitalia of the new species are provided as well as DNA barcodes of S. arenicolasp. nov. and related species.
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Xenotorodor stygioxanthus gen. nov., sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae), described from an established population in Spain with discussion of taxonomic placement Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Mark J. Sterling, David C. Lees, Dave Grundy
. The family Lecithoceridae is not well represented in the Palaearctic region, with very few taxa in Europe. Here we describe a new genus and species of lecithocerid moth, Xenotorodor stygioxanthus Sterling, Lees & Grundy, gen. nov., sp. nov. The taxon represents a subfamily new to Europe. We consider placement of the genus within Crocanthinae or Torodorinae. We place it in Torodorinae, notwithstanding
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History of colonisation and updated distribution of the Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) and its hostplants in mainland Portugal, Azores and Madeira Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Luís Palma, Sasha Vasconcelos, Ana Filipa Palmeirim, Juan Pablo Cancela
. The first observations of the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) in Iberia date from 1886, although breeding records emerged almost a century later: 1960 in Spain, 1980s–1990s in Madeira and Azores, and 2003 in mainland Portugal. We reviewed the history of the colonisation of mainland and insular Portugal by the Monarch butterfly and its hostplants (Gomphocarpus fruticosus, G. physocarpus and
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Stigmella naturnella (Klimesch, 1936) (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) a fast-spreading European leafminer of Betula, with a revised key to linear leafmines on Betula Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Erik J. van Nieukerken
. Stigmella naturnella (Klimesch, 1936), a leafminer of Betula, is here recorded as new for France, Croatia, Ukraine, Belgium, and the Netherlands, Since 2018, it has expanded its range into the last two countries, partly based on numerous online observations. Its distribution history is reviewed, the species is diagnosed and its life history is described. A lectotype is designated for Nepticula naturnella
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Detection of the Large White butterfly Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) in Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Darko D. Cotoras, Sebastián Yancovic Pakarati
. The Large White butterfly (Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)) originally from the Palaearctic and previously introduced to South Africa and Chile is detected on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The records correspond to all stages of the life cycle: eggs, caterpillars, pupa and adults. Caterpillars were found feeding on Tropaeolum majus. The introduction is likely to have occurred from mainland Chile,
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Commatarcha galicicae Tokár & Srnka, sp. nov., and a genus new for Europe (Lepidoptera, Carposinidae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Zdenko Tokár, Ľubomír Srnka, Marko Mutanen
. Commatarcha galicicae Tokár & Srnka, sp. nov. is described from specimens taken in two south-eastern European localities, the Galičica Mountain in North Macedonia, and Dubova in Banat, Romania. The new species belongs to the genus Commatarcha Meyrick, 1935, which is new for the European Lepidoptera fauna. It resembles some Asian species from this genus and also the American species Bondia comonana
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The African endemic species “ Nychiodes” tyttha Prout, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) belongs to the genus Aphilopota Warren, 1899 Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Dominic Wanke, Axel Hausmann, David C. Lees, Kyung Min Lee, Geoff Martin, Pasi Sihvonen, Hermann Staude, Hossein Rajaei
. An extensive examination of the external and internal morphological characters of the genus Nychiodes shows that “Nychiodes” tyttha Prout, 1915 is incorrectly placed in this genus. The systematic position of this species was investigated by using a multigene analysis, including one mitochondrial and up to nine protein-coding nuclear gene regions, and morphological characters. These results support
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Revision of Afrotropical Udea Guenée in Duponchel, 1845, with description of five new species of the U. ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796) group (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Spilomelinae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Richard Mally, Leif Aarvik, Timm Karisch, David C. Lees, Tobias Malm
. The Udea species (currently six) present in the Afrotropical realm are revised based on adults. Phlyctaenia epicoena Meyrick, 1937 syn. nov. is found to be identical with U. ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796). Udea delineatalis (Walker in Melliss 1875) and U. hageni Viette, 1952 are redescribed. In addition, five species of Udea are described as new to science: U. kirinyaga Mally sp. nov. from Mount Kenya
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Rediscovery of Clarina syriaca (Lederer, 1855) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Macroglossinae) in Cyprus after 70 years; with notes on its biology and early life history from the Levant Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-11-18 Marios Aristophanous, Anthony R. Pittaway, Aristos Aristophanous
. Clarina syriaca (Lederer, 1855) was known from Cyprus by a single adult specimen collected in 1950. Recently, an adult and larva have been found, proving the existence of a breeding population. Clarina syriaca is thus confirmed as resident in Cyprus, as a relict population inhabiting riparian gallery forests, which act as isolated refugia surrounded by drier pine woodland or cultivated land. Information
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A new species of Metanarsia Staudinger, 1871 (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Morocco Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-11-18 Oleksiy V. Bidzilya
. Metanarsia moroccanasp. nov. is described from Eastern Morocco. The species is remarkable in having an unmodified recurved labial palpus and the adults active in October. Adults and male genitalia of the new species are illustrated, and the adults compared with the most superficially similar Metanarsia dahurica Bidzilya, 2005. An annotated list of the species of Metanarsia is provided.
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Papilio hermione Linnaeus, type species of Hipparchia Fabricius (Lepidoptera, Satyrinae): restoring stability to the application of these names Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-09-13 Peter J. C. Russell, Richard I. Vane-Wright
. This paper discusses three problems concerning the Woodland Grayling, Hipparchia fagi Scopoli, 1763, with respect to the identity and application of the junior name Papilio hermione Linnaeus, 1764. In 1977, the late Otakar Kudrna designated a specimen of the Rock Grayling, Hipparchia alcyone [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, to become the lectotype of Papilio hermione – as a result of which hermione
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The genus Tegostoma in Armenia, with description of a new species (Crambidae, Odontiinae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Jan Šumpich, Ole Karsholt, Nikolay Savenkov, Hartmut Roweck
. A small but beautifully coloured species of Tegostoma Zeller, 1847, which was collected by the authors in Armenia, has turned out to be unnamed and is here described as Tegostoma burtoni sp. nov. The description is supported by morphology and DNA barcodes . Photographs of the adults and genitalia of both sexes are provided. Tegostoma lepidalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) and Pyrausta gulpembe Kemal
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The life history of Itylos titicaca (Weymer 1890) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatina) at 5200 m in the Chilean altiplano Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-08-18 Amado Villalobos-Leiva, Rodrigo Ordenes-Clavería, Franco Cruz-Jofré, Scott Escobar-Suárez, Isabel Lobos, Hugo A. Benítez
. Itylos titicaca (Weyner 1890) has been reported to have a narrow distribution range associated with Andean wetlands called “bofedales” in Peru, Bolivia, northeast Chile and northwest Argentina. In Chile its distribution is between the upper Puna and lower Alpine belts, recorded from 3800 to 4900 m. This study reports a new elevation record of I. titicaca above 5200 m at Sora Pata Lake, northeast
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Wing morphology and eyespot pattern of Erebia medusa (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) vary along an elevation gradient in the Carpathian Mountains Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-07-05 Barbora Mikitová, Martina Šemeláková, Ľubomir Panigaj
. Butterfly wings play a crucial role during flight, but also in thermoregulation, intraspecific signalling and interaction with predators, all of which vary across different habitat types and may be reflected in wing morphology or colour pattern. We focused on the morphological variability of Erebia medusa in order to examine patterns and variations in the colouration and morphology of wings from
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Systematics of Slovenian Dahlica Enderlein, 1912, subgenus Brevantennia Sieder, 1953 (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-06-17 Jurij Rekelj, Željko Predovnik, Peter Huemer, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde
. The subgenus Brevantennia Sieder, 1953 of the genus Dahlica Enderlein, 1912 (Psychidae: Dahlicini) is represented by a group of 10 bagworm moth species, distributed in south-west and south-east Europe northwards to the Alps and Carpathians. This study is a revision of the subgenus Brevantennia species occurring in Slovenia based on our own comprehensive field studies, DNA barcoding and morphological
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Biology and DNA barcode analysis of Coleophora lessinica Baldizzone, 1980 and Coleophora impalella Toll, 1961 (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) with description of their larval cases Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-04-21 Attila Takács, Csaba Szabóky, Gusztáv Boldog, Sándor Jordán, Miklós Bozsó, Dávid Fülöp, Balázs Tóth
. Host plants and cases of several species in the genus Coleophora Hübner, 1822 have remained unknown until now, while the latter structures provide important characters for identification. Host plants and cases of Coleophora lessinica Baldizzone, 1980 and Coleophora impalella Toll, 1961 were discovered by the authors and are presented here for the first time. New data on the distribution and biology
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Taxonomic notes on Palearctic taxa of Galacticidae, a little-known family of Lepidoptera (Galacticoidea) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Wolfram Mey
. Galacticidae is a poorly known family in the Palearctic Region. The range of the family covers the Mediterranean Zone of North Africa, as well as Western Asia, Eastern Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Palaearctic. The included taxa are summarised in a checklist. Available type material was examined and redescriptions of some species are provided. Two genera are recognised and diagnosed: Homadaula
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A provisional checklist of European butterfly larval foodplants Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Harry E. Clarke
. Successful conservation of butterflies is dependent on knowing which larval foodplants they use. However, many published lists of larval foodplants have been copied from previous lists, which in turn have been copied from previous lists. Consequently, errors have crept in, and many plant names have long been superseded. This can result in duplicates in the list, with the same plant being given two
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An automated procedure ten times more efficient in cutting labels for entomological collections Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Ilia Gjonov
. The labelling of entomological material is a labour-intensive and time-consuming task, often carried out by staff who are over-qualified for the task. This paper introduces a small automation step that speeds up this process via a method that uses a low-cost cutting plotter. The following text will present a financial and temporal analysis of the introduction and use of this equipment in labelling
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On the wrong continent: The identity of Catochrysops trifracta Butler, 1884 (Polyommatinae, Lycaenidae), currently a synonym of Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-03-28 Marianne Espeland
. It is shown that Catochrysops trifracta Butler, 1884, currently a synonym of the widespread old world Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) is a junior subjective synonym of the neotropical species Hemiargus hanno (Stoll [1790]). To fix the taxonomic identity of the name Catochrysops trifracta Butler, 1884, I designate a lectotype.
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The lifecycle and ecology of the Spinose Skipper – Favria cribrellum (Eversmann, 1841) in the Republic of North Macedonia (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Filip Franeta, Martin Gascoigne-Pees
. The Spinose Skipper, Favria cribrellum (Eversmann, 1841) [formerly in Muschampia] is considered to be a very localised species in Eastern Europe occurring in only a small number of isolated colonies. Its ecology, especially relating to its host plant, has long remained unknown. Only in the last decade of research has more light been shed on the distribution and habitat requirements of this species
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A review of the distribution and ecology of the elusive Brown Hairstreak butterfly Thecla betulae (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in the Iberian Peninsula Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-02-03 Eduardo Marabuto, Pedro Pires, Fernando Romão, Paulo Lemos, Thomas Merckx
. The Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae L.) is one of the least observed butterflies of the Palaearctic region, even though its distribution spans from Portugal in the west, to Russia and Korea in the far east. Adults are arboreal and seldom descend to ground level. As a result, this species is mostly monitored via the detection of eggs on the food plant during wintertime. In the Iberian Peninsula
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Diversity of the tussock moths (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Lymantriinae) of the wider Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany, with special reference to the fauna of Mozambique Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-01-21 Michal Rindoš, Alexander Schintlmeister, Zdeněk Faltýnek Fric
. Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany, one of the African biodiversity hotspots, is defined by a high diversity of its fauna and flora. Despite numerous studies published about the Lepidoptera of this region, our knowledge of diversity and distributional patterns of moths still remains inadequate. Our study evaluates the tussock moth richness and endemism of the wider Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany region. We
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Mitochondrial DNA-based phylogeography of the large ringlet Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805) suggests recurrent Alpine-Carpathian disjunctions during Pleistocene (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Frans Cupedo, Camiel Doorenweerd
. Most species of the butterfly genus Erebia are high altitude specialists, in which territorial fragmentation is associated with distinct genetic patterns. This is also true for the large ringlet, Erebia euryale (Esper, 1805), a species widespread across European mountain systems. Previous molecular studies revealed four lineages: two in the Alps, coinciding with the ssp. adyte and isarica, one in
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Bionomics and host plants of the invasive Cydia interscindana (Möschler, 1866) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), an emerging pest in the Carpathian Lowlands Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-01-14 Attila Takács, Csaba Szabóky, Balázs Tóth, Miklós Bozsó, János Kutas, Szilárd Molnár, Gábor Farkas, Krisztina Erdélyi, Ilona Tunyoginé Búzás, Csaba Hargitai, Nikoletta Terman, Anna Menyhárt, Szabolcs Bodnár, Éva Gajdos, Sándor Bogya, Judit Csabai, Bianka Molnár, Antal Nagy
. Cydia interscindana (Möschler, 1866) has spread through several European countries in the past few years, becoming an invasive pest of ornamental trees. It was collected in Hungary for the first time in a pheromone trap set for Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758) in 2014. Here we discuss its recent distribution in Hungary based on intensive sampling between 2018 and 2020, which showed the dispersal
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The distribution pattern of mire specialist butterflies in raised bogs of the northern lowlands of Central Europe Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-01-13 Robert S. Sommer, Volker Thiele, Gennadi Sushko, Marcin Sielezniew, Detlef Kolligs, Dalius Dapkus
. Raised bogs are extreme and azonal ecosystems with a characteristic hydrological balance, microclimatic conditions and a specific flora and fauna. Recently, these ecosystems have increasingly become the focus of scientific and general attention because of their important ecosystem roles in the face of global warming and providing biodiversity refuges. From a biogeographical and evolutionary context
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First description of the male and DNA barcode of Euphyia vallantinaria (Oberthür, 1890) from the Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-01-06 Juan J. Guerrero, Axel Hausmann, Rosa M. Rubio, Manuel Garre, Antonio S. Ortiz
. The male of Euphyia vallantinaria (Oberthür, 1890) has been recorded for the first time from the Iberian Peninsula and its genital morphology has been described and illustrated. DNA barcode data are presented and compared with the other European Euphyia species.
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Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) leafminers new to Iran, including Tischeria caucasica on Quercus: a sibling species of T. ekebladella or a case of clinal variation? Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-01-06 Helen Alipanah, Erik J. van Nieukerken, Samira Farahani, Jaroslaw Buszko
. We record three Tischeriidae species new for Iran: Coptotriche gaunacella (Duponchel, 1843) from Tehran and Mazandaran provinces, Tischeria dodonaea Stainton, 1858 from East Azarbaijan province and T. caucasica Klasiński & Stonis, 2020, previously only known from Georgia. The larvae of T. caucasica were observed mining the leaves of planted trees of Quercus infectoria G. Olivier, Q. robur Linnaeus
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Redescription of Apomyelois cognata (Staudinger, 1871) (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) with first record from the South Urals Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2022-01-06 Tatyana A. Trofimova, Jan Šumpich, Yuriy I. Budashkin
. Until recently, Apomyelois cognata (Staudinger, 1871) was known only from the type series collected 150 years ago in the Lower Volga region, as well as old records from Iran and Cyprus (the latter unconfirmed). In 2011 and 2020, more specimens of this little-known species were collected in the South Urals (Russia), presenting a new record for the area. The species identity was confirmed via examination
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In Memoriam: Peter Hättenschwiler 26.09.1927–17.08.2021 Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-11-09 Thomas Sobczyk,Wilfried Arnscheid,Michael Greeff
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A new species of Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from the Andes of northern Chile Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-10-25 Héctor A. Vargas
. Eupithecia copaquillaensissp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae, Eupitheciini) is described and illustrated. Adults of this new species were discovered using a light trap in the Copaquilla ravine, at about 2800 m elevation on the western slope of the Andes of northern Chile. The morphology of the genitalia of E. copaquillaensis resembles that of E. atacama (Vojnits, 1985), which is also
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Contribution to knowledge of the Balkan Macroheterocera: new and rare species for Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Albania Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-10-13 Stoyan Beshkov, Viktor Gashtarov, Vladimir Hula
. The Balkan Lepidoptera fauna is still not comprehensively known. We present here some new records for three Balkan countries. Polymixis xanthomista (Hübner, [1819]) is confirmed for the Balkan Peninsula from Albania, Eriogaster inspersa Staudinger, 1879 is reported new for the Republic of North Macedonia (second locality in Europe), and Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858) is new for Bulgaria. Some other
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Cyclic abundance fluctuations in a completely isolated population of Euphydryas maturna Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-10-12 Václav John, Alois Pavlíčko, Vladimír Vrabec, Veronika Rybová, Miloš Andres, Martin Konvicka
. A highly isolated and the last autochthonous Czech Republic population of the endangered Euphydryas maturna (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) is monitored since 2001 by larval nests counts. The 20 years` time series displays remarkable abundance fluctuations with peak-to-peak period 11 years, peak numbers >150 and bust numbers <15 larval nests (arithmetic and harmonic means: 92.6 and 36.3). Establishment
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Tabwecala robinsoni gen. nov., sp. nov., from Vanuatu and its systematic position in the ‘Ophiusini-Poaphilini’ clade (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-10-08 Alberto Zilli
. A new erebid, Tabwecala robinsonigen. nov., sp. nov., from the Vanuatu Islands (Espiritu Santo) (West Pacific Ocean) is described. The new species, superficially resembling species of the genera Artena, Achaea or Leistera, shows a peculiar combination of characters which suggested its placement in a new genus. This is provisionally placed in tribe Poaphilini but following a review of the features
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Systematics of Problepsis wiltshirei (Prout, 1938), comb. nov. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Sterrhinae) – an endemic species to the Zagros Mountains in the Middle East Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-10-05 Dominic Wanke, Lars Krogmann, Leidys Murillo-Ramos, Pasi Sihvonen, Hossein Rajaei
. Within Iran, the Zagros Mountains show high biodiversity, with a wealth of endemic species. One of these is the geometrid moth Somatina wiltshirei Prout, 1938, originally described from Iran and Iraq. In the present study, one mitochondrial and up to nine protein-coding nuclear gene regions were used along with a comparative morphological examination to investigate the systematic position of this
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The ant associates of Lycaenidae butterfly caterpillars – revisited Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-09-08 Konrad Fiedler
. Based on a global compilation of data on ant associates of 523 Lycaenidae species, a synthesis is attempted as to which ants participate in these interactions. Ants from 63 genera have thus far been observed as visitors of facultative myrmecophiles or as hosts of obligate myrmecophiles among the Lycaenidae. Over 98% of records come from nectarivorous and trophobiotic ants in just three subfamilies
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Description of Striogyia simianshana sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) from Chongqing in southwest China Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-06-02 Jun Wu, Chun-Sheng Wu, Hui-Lin Han
. The discovery of Striogyia simianshanasp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) resulted from a research project investigating the biodiversity of the Simian Mountain Nature Reserve in Chongqing, Southwest China. This new species is characterised by several distinct features, namely the black, broken postmedial line of the forewing and the long filiform antenna found in males. The shape of its valva, transtilla
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Life history of the rare boreal tiger moth Arctia menetriesii (Eversmann, 1846) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) in the Russian Far East Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-05-14 Evgeny S. Koshkin
. A thorough description and detailed photographs of all developmental stages of one of the rarest Palaearctic moths, Menetries’ tiger moth Arctia menetriesii (Eversmann, 1846) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), are presented. Eggs were obtained from a female collected in the Bureinsky Nature Reserve, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Data relating to specimens from this region significantly supplements previously
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Otakar Kudrna 1939–2021 Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-04-28 Emilio Balletto, Giorgio Leigheb
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Castniidae of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Wrocław: new findings from Friedrich Wilhelm Niepelt’s collection with comments on Karl Adolf Georg Lauterbach and August Weberbauer Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-04-23 Jorge M. González, Paweł J. Domagała
. Further results of our research into the Giant Butterfly-Moths (Castniidae) of the Museum of Natural History (University of Wrocław) are presented. Castniids of the Niepelt collection had previously been reviewed. However, while curating other sections of the Lepidoptera collection, we discovered 18 misplaced specimens belonging to nine taxa of Castniidae, several of them bearing typical labels by
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Antispilina ludwigi Hering, 1941 (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae) a rare but overlooked European leaf miner of Bistorta officinalis (Polygonaceae): new records, redescription, biology and conservation Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-04-23 Erik J. van Nieukerken, Steve Wullaert, Bong-Woo Lee, Rudolf Bryner
. We record Antispilina ludwigi Hering, 1941 newly for France: Massif Central and Jura, Belgium: Ardennes and Switzerland: Jura and Alps, from many localities at middle elevations. All records were based on leafmines, often with larvae, in Snake-root, Bistorta officinalis Delarbre (Polygonaceae) and adults were reared from several localities. The species inhab its poor grasslands, moor habitats and
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Carried with the wind: mass occurrence of Zeiraphera griseana (Hübner, 1799) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) on Vize Island (Russian High Arctic) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Maria V. Gavrilo, Igor I. Chupin, Mikhail V. Kozlov
. Vize Island, located in the northern part of the Kara Sea (79°30’N, 76°59’E), is one of the least studied islands of the Russian High Arctic in terms of its biota. Hundreds of live and freshly dead individuals of Larch Budmoth Zeiraphera griseana (Hübner, 1799) were observed on this island from 16 July–2 August 2020. This is the first and the only terrestrial invertebrate ever discovered on Vize
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Long-distance dispersal of migrant butterflies to the Arctic Ocean islands, with a record of Nymphalis xanthomelas at the northern edge of Novaya Zemlya (76.95°N) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Ivan N. Bolotov, Ivan A. Mizin, Alisa A. Zheludkova, Olga V. Aksenova, Yulia S. Kolosova, Grigory S. Potapov, Vitaly M. Spitsyn, Mikhail Y. Gofarov
. Although migrant butterflies are rare (or sporadically seen) guests on the Arctic Ocean islands, there is a slowly growing dataset on repeated occurrences of these insects in insular tundra and polar deserts. Altogether six long-distance migrant butterfly species were found to cross wide marine barriers north of the Arctic Circle (66.56°N), i.e. Vanessa atalanta, V. cardui, Nymphalis antiopa, N.
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On the date of publication of Linnaeus’ second edition of “Fauna Svecica” Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-03-17 Alberto Zilli
. It is shown that the correct year of publication of the 2nd edition of Linnaeus’ “Fauna Svecica” is 1761, not [1760].
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Faunistic and taxonomic notes on Phalacropterix apiformis (Rossi, 1790) and P. restonicae (Fiumi & Govi, 2015) from Corsica, France (Lepidoptera, Psychidae, Oiketicinae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-03-12 Michael Weidlich, Wilfried R. Arnscheid
. Records of the psychid species Phalacropterix apiformis (Rossi, 1790) from Corsica, France are mapped. Information about biology and phenology is also given, as well as a description of the morphological characteristics of this species. We combine this with DNA barcoding results. P. apiformis is compared with P. restonicae, described in 2015 by Fiumi & Govi from Corsica. We conclude on the basis
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New taxa of extant and fossil primitive moths in South-East Asia and their biogeographic significance (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae, Agathiphagidae, Lophocoronidae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-03-10 Wolfram Mey, Théo Léger, Vu Van Lien
. We report some surprising recent distributional range extensions of one extant genus and two more families of primitive moths discovered in amber fossils from South-east Asia which were previously only known from Australia and/or the southwestern Pacific, with the possible exception of an undescribed Siberian fossil attributed to Lophocoronidae. During entomological field work in rain forests of
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DNA barcoding and genomics reveal Perizoma barrassoi Zahm, Cieslak & Hausmann, 2006 as new for the fauna of Central Europe (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-02-16 Axel Hausmann, Peter Huemer, Kyung Min Lee, Marko Mutanen
. Perizoma barrassoi Zahm, Cieslak & Hausmann, 2006, previously considered a central Italian endemic, shows a much wider distribution with additional records from the Alps and the Pyrenees, in partial sympatry with its sister species, Perizoma incultaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) which is widespread in the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians and Dinaric mountains. The disruptive genetic patterns of both species
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Notes on the identity of Oiketicoides tedaldii (Heylaerts, 1882) (Psychidae, Oiketicinae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 Wilfried R. Arnscheid, Thomas Sobczyk, Michael Zerafa
. The identity of a group of species around Oiketicoides tedaldii (Heylaerts, 1882) is discussed. The comparison of the taxa in question shows that there is considerable uncertainty about the taxonomic classification of the various described populations of Oiketicoides around the Mediterranean. The type material of O. tedaldii was found to be lost and therefore it is necessary to define a neotype,
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Pyralis cardinalis, a charismatic new species related to P. regalis [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, first recognized in Finland (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-11-10 Bo Wikström, Peter Huemer, Marko Mutanen, Juha Tyllinen, Lauri Kaila
. The informal Pyralis regalis complex, including species of the genus Pyralis Linnaeus, 1758 (Pyralidae), with a bright white or silvery pattern on the forewing, is reviewed, supplemented by observations of the externally distinguished P. perversalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1849), which also exhibits similarities in genitalia and DNA barcodes. We describe Pyralis cardinalis Kaila, Huemer, Mutanen, Tyllinen
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Adaina jobimi sp. nov., a plume moth (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) associated with Baccharis alnifolia (Asteraceae) in the Andes of northern Chile Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-10-27 Héctor A. Vargas
. The adult stage of the plume moth Adaina jobimisp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Pterophorinae: Oidaematophorini) from the arid highlands of the western slopes of the Andes of northern Chile is described and illustrated. The wing pattern and genitalia of A. jobimi resemble those of A. excreta Meyrick, 1930, from Argentina, Ecuador and Peru and A. coquimboae Gielis, 2012, the only representative
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A new species of the genus Dahlica Enderlein, 1912, from Hungary (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-10-12 Wilfried R. Arnscheid
. In this paper a previously unknown species of the genus Dahlica Enderlein, 1912, from the subgenus Postsolenobia Meier, 1957, is described as Dahlica (Postsolenobia) weidlichisp. nov. and compared with the already known species of this subgenus. Analysis of DNA barcodes for all five validly described taxa of the subgenus Postsolenobia show an unexpected pattern of genetic diversity. Careful re-examination
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A new species of Elegia (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) from the Balkan Peninsula Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 Colin W. Plant, Stoyan Beshkov, Ana Nahirnić
. Elegia occultalis Plant, sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Phycitinae) is described from the Balkans and compared with related species. Adults and male and female genitalia of the new species are illustrated.
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A new species and a new record of Pero Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in the Andes of southern Peru Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 Carlos Palacios, Jackie Farfán, José Cerdeña, Ana Lazo-Rivera, Luis E. Parra, Héctor A. Vargas
. Two species of the moth genus Pero Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae, Odontoperini) are added to the fauna of the Andes of southern Peru in the Arequipa Department. Pero lopezi Vargas & Palacios sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on male adults collected in Pocsi, at 2900 m elevation. Pero atridisca Dognin, 1906, previously known from Angasmarca (La Libertad), is
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Horisme exoletata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) in southern Italy and description of its larva (Geometridae, Larentiinae) Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-28 Stefano Scalercio, Aldo Catania
. We report Horisme exoletata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) for the first time in Continental Europe: Italy, Calabria. This is a species previously considered endemic to Sicily and Malta, and an addition to the shared fauna of the Calabria and Sicily regions. We provide data concerning the biology of this species in Malta, illustrating the caterpillar for the first time.
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Notes on the little-known species Epicallima kuldzhella (Lvovsky, 1982) (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from Central Asia Nota Lepidopterol. (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2020-09-28 Alexander L. Lvovsky, Zdenko Tokár, Tomasz Jaworski
. Extensive collecting in Central Asia resulted in the first description of the female of Epicallima kuldzhella (Lvovsky, 1982). Colour photographs of adults of both sexes and of habitats are included along with a distribution map, illustrations of the male and female genitalia, and some aspects of the biology.