Epirrhoe alternata ( Müller, 1764 )

King, Gareth Edward & González-Estébanez, Félix Javier, 2015, Geometrid larvae of the Alpi Marittime Natural Park (district of Valdieri, Cuneo, Italy), with descriptions of the larvae of two Gnophini Pierce, 1914 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae), Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 621-631 : 625

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2015n4a8
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scientific name	Epirrhoe alternata ( Müller, 1764 )
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Epirrhoe alternata ( Müller, 1764) View in CoL

Phalaena Geometra alternata Müller, 1764: 51 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Two larvae (L5): 9.VIII.2010 S. Anna di Valdieri (981 m) in Galium sylvaticum, GEK leg. et det. One larva parasitized by Protapanteles anchisiades (Nixon, 1986) ( Braconidae : Microgastrinae ); brood emerged: 21.VIII.2010; GEK leg. et MRS det. (deposited RMS); larva (L5): 3.IX.2011, Ponte della Vagliotta (1.146 -1.147 m) in Galium sp. GEK leg. et det.

NOTES ON PARASITOID. — Shaw & Huddleston (1991) state that Protapanteles Ashmead, 1898 ( Braconidae : Microgastrinae attack exposed “macrolepidopterid” larvae. Protapanteles anchisiades is an important parasitoid of Epirrita autumnata (Ruohomäki et al. 2013) .

OTHER OBSERVATIONS. — Not previously documented from the PNAM ( Baldizzone et al. 2005).