Epinotia demarniana (FISCHER VON RÖSLERSTAMM, 1840)

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Epinotia demarniana (FISCHER VON RÖSLERSTAMM, 1840)

Paedisca demarniana FISCHER VON RÖSLERSTAMM, 1840

S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d. Lankaran district, Hirkan National Park (38.646542° 48.814932°, 14 m b.s.l.), 15.05.1995, Alnus barbata , 333 ; Lankaran district, Hirkan National Park (38.647164° 48.819530°, 19 m b.s.l.), 27.05.2001, Alnus barbata , 333 1♀ ; Lankaran district, Hirkan National Park (38.646154° 48.819281°, 18 m b.s.l.), 01.06.2015, Alnus barbata , 2♀♀ .

H o s t p l a n t s. Alnus glutinosa ( BRADLEY 1987) , Betula pubescens (Betulaceae)

( DISQUE 1908), Salix caprea (Salicaceae) ( BRADLEY 1987).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe ( Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France ( Corsica), Germany, Hungary, Italy (Sardinia, Sicily), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands).

R e m a r k s. Larvae were collected on Alnus barbata in the Hirkan National Park in Lankaran. Adults are on the wing from June to July. The larvae feed within the catkins of Betula , Alnus and Salix caprea . Pupation takes place on the ground in a cocoon in the leaf litter. Newly recorded for the Caucasian fauna.