Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla (Stein, 1837)

Urso, Marchese, Giovanni & Nel, Jacques, 2008, A survey of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of North-Eastern Sicily with new distributional records, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1), pp. 197-208 : 203

Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla (Stein, 1837)

( Figs. 12-13 ) Material examined. DISTRICT OF NEBRODI MTS.: Floresta, 1,230 m a.s.l., VC9024, 25.v.2006, 5JJ 5♀♀; 31.v.2005, 2 ♀♀ ( GMCI) .

Biology. Adults: wingspan 19-24 mm. The adults fly from April to September, reaching up to 2,000 m a.s.l. In north-eastern Sicily it has been observed only in May. Our specimens were captured at dusk while flying over the grass in a field near a rocky habitat. Larval host plant: probably monophagous on Saxifraga granulata L. ( Saxifragaceae ).

Range in Italy. Northern and central parts of the peninsula; Sicily (new record).

Distribution. Siberian-Euro-Maghrebinian.

Figures

Figs. 8-13. Stenoptilia grisescens Schawerda, 1933, male. 8 – body, dorsal view; 9 – genitalia. Stenoptilia mariaeluisae Bigot & Picard, 2002, male. 10 – body, dorsal view; 11 – genitalia. Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla (Stein, 1837), male. 12 – body, dorsal view; 13 – genitalia. Abbreviations: a – anellus; u – uncus; v – valve.