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In this paper we report new faunistic findings concerning 15 moth species collected in forested habitats ofCalabria and Sicily regions, South Italy. Most interesting records concerned Eupithecia trisignariaand Orectisproboscidata,both recorded for the first time in southern Italy. Species with larval biology linked to the forest coverwere locally common, whilst species linked to herbaceous plants and shrubs were often collected as singletons or in onelocality, showing smaller populations. A study of a 658bp long sequence of the mitochondrial 5’ cytochrome oxidasegene, subunit 1 (COI) (barcoding analysis) was performed for five species, two of them showing a divergence fromclosest populations near to 1%, one a 2% divergence from northern populations, and two other species a perfect identitywith European populations. This study reinforced the role of forest habitats as biodiversity hot-spots in theMediterranean Basin and the importance of the Italian peninsula for biodiversity conservation at European scale as anincreased number of endemic or sub-endemic taxa and populations with endemic genetic lineages are recognized,underlining the existence of ongoing evolutionary processes. In the light of these results, faunistic surveys in forestecosystems are strongly needed to define sustainable management strategies.

Vengono segnalate 17 specie appartenenti alle famiglie oggetto di studio tra le quali Anchinia daphnella (denis and Schiffermüller, 1775) e Oecophora bractella (Linnaeus, 1758), segnalate per la prima volta in Italia peninsulare, Diurnea lipsiella (denis and Schiffermüller, 1775), segnalata per la prima volta in Italia meridionale, Diurnea fagella (denis and Schiffermüller, 1775), Metalampra italica Baldizzone, 1977, Epicallima formosella (denis and Schiffermüller, 1775), Kasyniana diminutella (Rebel, 1931), Pleurota (Protasis) punctella (o. Costa, 1836), Pleurota (Pleurota) aristella (Linnaeus, 1767), Stathmopoda pedella (Linnaeus, 1761) e Carcina quercana (Fabricius, 1775) non ancora note con certezza per il territorio calabrese. Inoltre, vengono aggiornati i dati di presenza di alcune specie segnalate in Calabria oltre un secolo fa.

The first record for South Italy of Cymbalophora rivularis (Ménétriès, 1832) is reported, until now recorded in Italy only for Central Apennine. Three specimens were collected during August-September 2017, in an Acer spp. forest located on Monte Sparviere, a Site of Community Importance within the Pollino National Park. Furthermore, this species was successfully barcoded for the first time. This finding reinforces the biogeographic importance of Pollino Massif as refuge area for relict populations of several animal and plant species., Fragmenta Entomologica, Vol. 50 No. 1 (2018)

In questo lavoro sono riportati dati di cattura che ampliano significativamente la distribuzione italiana di sei specie di Pyraloidea. Acrobasis bithynella e Sciota rhenella sono segnalate per la prima volta in Italia centro-meridonale, mentre Pempelia alpigenella e Peoria cremoricosta sono segnalate per la prima volta in Italia meridionale peninsulare. Inoltre, per Hypsotropa vulneratella e Hyperlais argillacealis si tratta dei primi reperti per la penisola di specie note finora in Italia solo in Sicilia.

We present an indoor forensic case that occurred in spring 2013 in Cosenza (southern Italy). The entomological evidence col-lected at the scene consisted of Calliphoridae ( Calliphora vicina, Lucilia sericata ), Sarcophagidae ( Sarcophaga crassipalpis ), Fanniidae ( Fannia scalaris ) and Muscidae ( Hydrotaea ignava ). The minimum Post Mortem Interval (mPMI) was calculated by relating the entomological evidence to data available for Diptera species in the area and to our knowledge of the development of flies used as forensic indicators in Calabria. We report S. crassipalpis as a corpse invader for the first time in Italy. Introduction The Flesh Fly Sarcophaga (Liopygia) crassipalpis Macquart 1839 as an Invader of a Corpse in Calabria (Southern Italy) Bonacci T 1* , Greco S 1 , Cavalcanti B 2 , Brandmayr P 1 and Vercillo V 2 1 Department DiBEST, University of Calabria, 87036 – Rende (CS), Italy 2 Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Cosenza, Sezione di Medicina Legale, 87100 – Cosenza, Italy