Epicallima mikkolai ( Lvovsky, 1995 )

Marabuto, Eduardo, 2022, Spialia rosae Hernández-Roldán, DApporto, Dincă, Vicente & VilA, 2016, and 17 moth species new for the fauna of Portugal (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Arquivos Entomolóxicos 25, pp. 305-322 : 307-308

5. Epicallima mikkolai ( Lvovsky, 1995)

— Semino (Vila Sol), Quarteira, Loulé, Faro. 40 m a.s.l. MGRS: 29SNB8005. 11.IX.2020. Eduardo Marabuto leg. At light-trap. ( Fig. 1h ) .

A poorly known species, otherwise known from Tunisia ( Lvovsky, 1995), SE Spain, where it was reared from larvae collected from the palm Phoenix dactylifera ( Vives Moreno, 2003) , and the Canary islands in Gran Canaria ( Falck & Karsholt, 2019). A number of specimens in BiodiversidadVirtual database from SE Iberia and currently assigned to either Epicallima sp. or E. formosella (Denis & Schifferm̡ller, 1775) are phenotypically similar to the collected specimen and should be assigned to this species if material is available for dissection or when wing-pattern differences are properly assessed.

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Fig. 1.- Habitus of new Portuguese species. a.- Ptilocephala moncaunella. b.- Ptilocephala monteiroi. c.- Pseudoswammerdamia combinella. d.- Digitivalva occidentella. e.- Prays peregrina, adult. f.- Prays peregrina on host-plant. g.- Prays peregrina, pupae. h.- Epicallima mikkolai. i.- Eretmocera medinella. Photos: Eduardo Marabuto (a, b, d & h); Tita Frazão Lopes (c); Ernesto GonÇalves (e, f & g); Pedro Henriques (i).