SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología

The Pterophoridae fauna of Khakassia Republic and south of Krasnoyarsk region (Russia) (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Per Ya. Ustjuzhanin, Roman E. Maksimov — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

The article gives a faunal list of Pterophoridae species of Khakassia Republic and the south of Krasnoyarsk region. We have examined 41 localities, as a result of which, 24 species are reported for this region for the first time. In total, 40 Pterophoridae species are currently known for the Republic of Khakassia and for the south of Krasnoyarsk region.

Notocelia mediterranea (Obraztsov, 1952) - a widespread cryptic species in Europe (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Jan Sumpich, Peter Huemer, Jacques Nel, Thierry Varenne — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Notocelia mediterranea (Obraztsov, 1952) was until recently widely overlooked and combined with its sister
species, Notocelia incarnatana (Hübner, [1800]). However, detailed evaluation of forewing pattern and genitalia of both sexes, as well as DNA barcode divergence clearly support the existence of two separate species. A brief comparison of the habitus of both species, as well as photographs of adults and genitalia of both sexes are given. Female genitalia of Notocelia mediterranea are detailed here for the first time. First records for Spain, France, Austria, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, and Montenegro are also given.

The larva and the food plant of Dirphia sombrero Le Cerf, 1934 (Lepidoptera: Saturnidae, Hemileucinae)

Vitor O. Becker, Almir C. Almeida — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

The last instar larva of Diphia sombrero Le Cerf, 1934, an endemic species to the southern Brazil Atlantic Forest, is described and illustrated, and its food plant is recorded.

New and interesting Portuguese Lepidoptera records from 2022 (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Martin F. V. Corley, João Nunes, Jorge Rosete, Joaquim Teixeira, Ana Valadares — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Eight species are added to the Portuguese Lepidoptera fauna, of which two are new for the Iberian Peninsula, and one species deleted, mainly as a result of fieldwork undertaken by the authors and others in 2022. In addition, second and third 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 included.

First record of Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 from India (Pyralidae: Pyralinae)

Muzafar Riyaz, Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

In the present report, we highlight the first occurrence of Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 (Pyraloidea: Pyralidae) from India. The specimen was collected from Tehsil Herman, district of Shopian in Kashmir valley, which is situated at the foothills of Pir Panjal Mountain range-Northwestern Himalayas, India; it is 50 km away from Srinagar, Kashmir.

The taxonomic position of the Neotropical genus Macrocirca Meyrick, 1931 with new synonymy and description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae, Depressariinae)

Vitor O. Becker — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Macrocirca strabo Meyrick, 1931, described in the Hyponomeutidae, is transferred to the Depressariidae, Depressariinae. A new species, Macrocirca moseri Becker, sp. nov., from Brazil, is described. Odonna Clarke, 1982, syn. nov. is a junior synonym of Macrocirca Meyrick, 1931; M. passiflorae (Clarke, 1982), comb. nov. and M. xenodora (Clarke, 1982), comb. nov. are included in Macrocirca.

Molecular identification of some immature Lepidoptera causing Quercus L., defoliation in Lorestan province, western Iran (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Asadollah Hosseini-Chegeni, Majid Tavakoli — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Quercus L., dominate almost 40% of Iran’s forest area. The second destructive group of insects is defoliator Lepidoptera distributed in the Zagros forests of Iran. We assessed Lepidoptera communities in Zagros forests ecosystems in Lorestan province, western Iran during a ca. 2-yr period that coincided with defoliation outbreaks experienced by this area. A number of 500 lepidopteran larva feeding Quercus leaves handy were collected. The phylogenetic relationship of Lepidoptera was analysed using BEAST software based on the Bayesian Inference method. In total, 14 lepidopteran taxa were identified based on DNA sequences of their immature stages. Six genera and eight species were identified using BLASTn. Here we developed a COI barcoding-based approach to Lepidoptera species delimitation.

New data on the genus Scythris Hübner, [1825] from the Canary Islands (Spain), with description of six new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae)

Per Falck — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

The Scythris petrella species-group in the Canary Islands is revised based on external morphology, genitalia and DNA barcodes. Eleven species are recognized. Six species are described as new: Scythris aronaella Falck, sp. nov. (Spain: Tenerife), Scythris moyaella Falck, sp. nov. (Spain: Gran Canaria), Scythris rupemella Falck, sp. nov. (Spain: Gran Canaria), Scythris linealbella Falck, sp. nov. (Spain: Tenerife), Scythris solisella Falck, sp. nov. (Spain: El Hierro and Tenerife) and Scythris ochrelinella Falck, sp. nov. (Spain: Tenerife). Scythris hierroella Klimesch, 1986, syn. nov. is treated as a synonym of Scythris petrella Walsingham, 1908. Photographs of adults and genitalia of all species are provided. All species are DNA barcoded. Analyses of the DNA barcodes support the identifications and distinctiveness of each species as they all appear well-supported and genetically isolated.

Lepidoptera collected in S. W. Mongolia during expedition in Mongolian Altai in 2022 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Ilya A. Makhov, Vladimir A. Lukhtanov, Maria S. Vishnevskaya — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

An annotated checklist of Geometridae collected in Southwest Mongolia is presented. In total 51 species are recorded. Eight species are recorded as new for the fauna of Mongolia, Alcis depravata (Staudinger, 1892), Holoterpna diagrapharia Püngeler, 1900, Scotopteryx supproximaria (Staudinger, 1892) Cataclysme riguata (Hübner, [1813]), Rhodostrophia crypta Viidalepp & Kostkuk, 2020, Idaea ossiculata (Lederer, 1870), Scopula divisaria (Christoph, 1893), and Casilda consecraria (Staudinger, 1871). Habitus and genitalia are illustrated for these species. Four of them were DNA-barcoded, as well as three other species. Results of DNA barcoding are discussed.

The protected species Pseudophilotes bavius hungarica (Diószeghy, 1913): oviposition strategy, new records and conservation (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Andrei Crisan, Tibor-Csaba Vizauer, László Rákosy — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Pseudophilotes bavius hungarica (Diószeghy, 1913) is a Transylvanian endemic of conservation interest. We made observations regarding its oviposition strategy, and established its preference for floral stems of Salvia nutans L. taller than five centimeters. Salvia transsilvanica Schur was also confirmed as a host plant for P. bavius hungarica. The distribution map of this subspecies was completed in two localities from the south of the Transylvanian Plain, Râpa Lechint¸a and Râpa Da˘ta˘ reni. We reported presence of P. bavius in Tulcea County for the first time, thus supporting the hypothesis that it colonised Dobrogea via Ukraine alongside P. bavius bavius (Eversmann, 1832) and it did not spread from Turkey and Bulgaria alongside P. bavius egea. Many conservation threats that may lead to population fragmentation and extinction have been identified.

A new species of the genus Orthotmeta Warren, 1896 from west Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae, Eutoeini)

Andrés Expósito-Hermosa — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Orthotmeta robdevosi Expósito, sp. n. from west Papua, Indonesia. The adult is illustrated, as well as the genitalia of the male holotype.

Marialma Becker, a new genus of Neotropical Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

Vitor O. Becker — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

Marialma Becker, gen. nov., is proposed to accommodate Sabulodes? magicaria Felder & Rogenhofer (1875) [Marialma magicaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)] comb. nov.

First record of the genus Haritalopha Hampson, 1895 from India (Noctuoidea, Erebidae, Hypeninae)

Rahul Joshi, Jalil Ahmad, Navneet Singh — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

In this manuscript, Haritalopha biparticolor Hampson, 1895 is reported for the first time from India, that represents the first record of genus Haritalopha Hampson, 1895 from India. The genus is recharacterised with male genitalia for the first time. Diagnosis and illustrations of adults and genitalia are also provided.

First record of Hypsopygia (Ocrasa) fulvocilialis (Duponchel, [1834] 1831, in Godart & Duponchel) from León, España (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae, Pyralinae, Pyralini)

Jesús Gómez-Fernández — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

The first known record of the Pyralidae Hypsopygia (Ocrasa) fulvocilialis (Duponchel, [1834] 1831, in Godart & Duponchel) from the León province, Spain, is presented.

Lourdesiella Bernabé, Huertas & Vives, new genus of the family Stathmopodidae and description of the species Lourdesiella falcatum Bernabé, Huertas & Vives, sp. nov. in the Iberian Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)

Pedro Miguel Bernabé-Ruiz, Manuel Huertas Dionisio, Antonio Vives Moreno — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

The monospecific genus Lourdesiella Bernabé, Huertas & Vives, gen. nov. (Stathmopodidae), and the species Lourdesiella falcatum Bernabé, Huertas & Vives, sp. nov. (Stathmopodidae) are described. Analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene, DNA barcode for the new species, is performed. Data on its biology are given.

Two new additions to the Lycaenidae of Uttar Pradesh, India (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Rupak De, Ratindra Pandey, Taslima Sheikh — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

The present study added two new records of Lycaenidae for the State of Uttar Pradesh, India. Both species, Rapala pheretima petosiris (Hewitson, [1863]) and Flos adriana (de Nicéville, [1884]) are new for the Uttar Pradesh.

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Antonio Vives Moreno — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

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