Apochima flabellaria (Heeger, 1838)

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 : 310

11. Apochima flabellaria (Heeger, 1838)

— Vila Real de Santo António , Faro. 5 m a.s.l. MGRS: 29SPB3917. 6.I.2014. Dinis Versa Silva obs., Eduardo Marabuto det. Daytime spotting. ( Fig. 2g ) .

A peri-Mediterranean species extending into central Asia, with few Iberian records limited to SW Andalucía ( Redondo et al., 2009; M̡ller et al., 2019; Gaona, 2020; Moreno-Benítez et al., 2020). It flies in the winter, from November to March (M̡ller et al., 2019), which probably accounts for the paucity of records. The current first Portuguese record extends the known distribution circa 200 km westwards.

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Fig. 2.- Habitus of new Portuguese species. a.- Epiphyas postvittana. b.- Spialia rosae. c.- Lobesia limoniana, L5 larva on Limonium ovalifolium. d.- Lobesia limoniana. e-f.- Titanio tarraconensis. g.- Apochima flabellaria. h.- Idaea alicantaria. Photos: Eduardo Marabuto (a-f & h); Dinis Versa Silva (g).