Sphenella marginata (Fallén, 1814)

Material examined. Madeira: Calheta (1 female) : Ponta de São Lourenço (1 male) ; Porto Santo: Cabeço da Ponta (1 male) ; Morenos (1 female, 6 males) .

Remarks. This species naturally occurs in the Palearctic, from Europe to Afghanistan (Norrbom et al. 1999).

Adults are usually found in dry habitats, where their larvae feed exclusively on Senecio plants (Smit 2006; Mohamadzade Namin & Nozari 2012). It is an uncommon species in the Madeira archipelago, restricted to the south of Madeira Island. There was only one published record for Porto Santo (Smit 2006), but we confirmed its presence in two additional locations.