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Confirmation of the presence in Spain of Psorosa ferrugatella (Turati, 1924) and Epischnia ampliatella (Heinemann, 1864) (Pyralidae, Phycitinae).

Authors :
GIRDLEY, JOHN
GARRE, MANUEL
RUBIO, R. M.
GUERRERO, J. J.
ORTIZ, A. S.
Source :
Entomologist's Record & Journal of Variation; May/Jun2020, Vol. 132 Issue Part3, p111-114, 4p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The article reports on the presence of Psorosa ferrugatella and Epischnia ampliatella. Topics include the genus Psorosa (Zeller, 1846) is represented in the Iberian Peninsula by two species – P. dahliella (Treitschke, 1832) and P. mediterranella (Amsel, 1953); a species previously known from across North Africa, with records from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya and Epischnia species was collected by J. Girdley and appeared likely to be E. illotella known from this site but subtly different.

Subjects

Subjects :
PYRALIDAE
EDIBLE wild plants

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00138916
Volume :
132
Issue :
Part3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Entomologist's Record & Journal of Variation
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
143588222