SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología

Contents of Volume 52

Antonio Vives Moreno — 2024-12-30

Contents

Annotated Checklist of Rhopalocera of Himachal Pradesh, India (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Lovish Garlani — 2024-12-30

The checklist includes all known Rhopalocera species ever recorded in the state of Himachal Pradesh. All previously published literature, research papers, and reference material were referred and a complete bibliographic reference of all the species mentioned in the checklist is incorporated. This checklist covers 437 species, belonging to 184 genera under 19 subfamilies and 6 families. Moreover, a list of doubtful or misidentified Rhopalocera species reported from Himachal Pradesh is also provided with relevant details in the discussion section. Comments on taxonomic insights and distribution are provided for some species and a list of expected Rhopalocera species is also provided in the discussion section.

Contribution to the biology of Coleophora namaqua Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2015 from South Africa (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)

Thomas Kaltenbach — 2024-12-30

Larvae of Coleophora namaqua Baldizzone & van der Wolf, 2015 were collected on their foodplant and reared to imagines. It is the first documented breeding of a Coleophora Hübner, 1822 species from South Africa. The larval case is described, and COI sequences were obtained. Further, variations in male and female genitalia are briefly discussed and illustrated.

Zygaena Fabricius, 1775, images in Russian masterpieces of the 19th and 20th centuries (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)

Konstantin A. Efetov — 2024-12-30

Two realistic Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 images were found by the first author in the paintings of two Russian artists Vasily D. Polenov and Arkady A. Plastov representing Zygaena lonicerae (Scheven, 1777) and Zygaena ephialtes (Linnaeus, 1767) (red peucedanoid morph) respectively. Polenov also depicted Amata nigricornis (Alphéraky, 1883) with some characters of the red ephialtoid morph of Zygaena ephialtes.

Molecular identification of newly recorded Lepidoptera for Cyprus and Europe (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Peter Huemer — 2024-12-30

As part of a comprehensive molecular inventory of Lepidoptera in Northern Cyprus, 8 species have been identified as new records for the island of Cyprus through genetic comparisons of DNA barcodes with reference sequences. The following species are formally reported for the first time in Europe: Coleophora bivittella Staudinger, 1879 (Coleophoridae) and Teliphasa lophotalis (Hampson, 1900) (Pyralidae), whereas the agriculturally significant species Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith, 1797) (Noctuidae) was only published from the Canary Islands (Spain) and from Malta so far. The possibilities and limitations of molecular-based determinations are briefly discussed using the example of the fauna of north Cyprus.

Biology and morphological description of the genre Coleophora Hübner, 1822 in the SW of the Iberian Peninsula (I). Study of Coleophora solidaginella Staudinger, 1859, C. struella Staudinger, 1859 and C. spumosella Staudinger, 1859. (Lepidoptera: Coleophor

Manuel Huertas-Dionisio — 2024-12-30

A general descriptive study of the different phases of development of the genre Coleophora Hübner, 1822 is carried out: the egg, the caterpillar, the larval sac, the pupae. The biology, immature stages of three species identified in the SW of the Iberian Peninsula, Coleophora solidaginella Staudinger, 1859, C. struella Staudinger, 1859 and C. spumosella Staudinger, 1859, are described.

Imma phuocbuu Buchsbaum, Chi & Chen, sp. nov. from south Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Immidae)

Ulf Buchsbaum — 2024-12-30

During a faunal survey of Lepidoptera in 2023, Imma phuocbuu Buchsbaum, Chi & Chen, sp. nov. was discovered and represents the first record of the genus in Vietnam. A single male specimen was collected from a transitional biotype between mangrove and semi-deciduous dry lowland forest habitats near the coast. The new species is distinguished from Imma transversella (Snellen, 1878), I. semicitra Meyrick, 1937 and I. semiclara Meyrick, 1929 by differences in wing pattern and genitalia morphology.

Contribution on the knowledge of Sesiidae in the Thracian Region of Türkiye (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Feza Can — 2024-12-30

Sesiidae (Lepidoptera) is an important family which includes economically pest species in a variety of agricultural products in the order. In this study it was aimed to contribute to the Sesiidae species in the Thracian region of Türkiye by using pheromone traps and netting in 2021. In the study 11 Sesiidae species belonging to seven genera were determined: Microsphecia brosiformis (Hübner, [1813]), M. tineiformis (Esper, [1789]), Negotinthia myrmosaeformis (Herrich-Schäffer, [1846]), Paranthrene tabaniformis (Rottemburg, 1775), Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen, 1789), S. vespiformis (Linnaeus, 1761), Bembecia ichneumoniformis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), B. scopigera (Scopoli, 1763), Pyropteron minianiformis (Freyer, 1843), P. triannuliformis (Freyer, 1843) and Chamaesphecia doryceraeformis (Lederer, 1853). M. tineiformis, which is not common in Türkiye and was recorded for the first time from the Thracian region (European part) of Türkiye.

Effects of anthropogenic climate change on the potential distribution of the genus Pronophila Doubleday, [1849] in Colombia (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae, Pronophilina)

Ana María Murillo-P. — 2024-12-30

The Pronophila Doubleday, [1849] genus, belonging to the Pronophilina subtribe (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), is distributed from northwest Argentina to the extreme north of Colombia and northeast Venezuela, with only one representative in Central America. However, much about the natural history of the genus is still unknown. Additionally, anthropogenic disturbances have caused accelerated climate change, affecting different taxa’sdistribution and diversity patterns, including species of the Pronophila genus in Colombia due to the Andean region being one of the most affected areas by such activities in recent decades. Therefore, this study aimed to generate a potential distribution model for Pronophila species in the country under various climate change scenarios for the years 2050 and 2070. A comparison was also made with a recent potential distribution model to evaluate the effect of climate change on the genus’ distribution in the country. The R software was used with the MaxEnt algorithm to project different models. The results showed that the four Pronophila species used in the modeling experienced reductions in their potential ranges in the years 2050 and 2070. Lastly, the study’s results can be used to develop conservation strategies that mitigate population declines and local extinctions of Lepidoptera associated with the mountainous ecosystems of the country.

New and interesting Portuguese Lepidoptera records from 2023 (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Martin F. V. Corley — 2024-12-30

Twenty species are added to the Portuguese Lepidoptera fauna, of which two are new for the Iberian Peninsula, and four species deleted, mainly as a result of fieldwork undertaken by the authors and others in 2023. In addition, second to fourth records for the country, new province records and new host-plant data for a number of species are included. A summary of recent papers affecting the Portuguese fauna is presented.

Notes on the distribution of some crepuscular and nocturnal Macrolepidoptera in northern Italy (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Lorenzo Pizzetti — 2024-12-30

This work reports new data regarding the Italian distribution of some interesting species of Lepidoptera, Heterocera. For some of them, this is the first report for the regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna (northern Italy).

New Larval Host Plant of Nausinoe perspectata (Fabricius, 1775) from Kolkata, West Bengal, India (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Srinjoy Das — 2024-12-30

Jasmin acts as a larval host plant and nectar plant for many insects including different Lepidoptera. Nausinoe perspectata (Fabricius, 1775) a particular species in common mostly feeds on leaves of Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton. Jasminum multiflorum (Burm. f.) Andrews, under family Oleaceae popularly known as winter jasmine, Indian jasmine, and / or star jasmine is hereby reported as a new larval food plant or host plant for this species, Nausinoe perspectata (Fabricius, 1775) for 1st time from India.