Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton, 1851)

Seven, Selma, 2006, Lyonetiidae of Turkey with notes on their distribution and zoogeography (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 1245, pp. 53-58 : 56-58

Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton, 1851)

( Fig.1 a, b)

Synonym: laburnella Stainton, 1851 ; f. wailesella Stainton, 1858 .

Material examined

Ordu: PerŞembe, Çaytepe, 100 m, 12.06.1995, leg. M. Özdemir, 1 ♂ · (GPNo: 2054 ♂).

Host plants

Laburnum, Genista , occasionally Lupinus polyphyllyus , Koeleria , Petteria, Cytisus laburnum, and Astragalus ( Heinemann 1877, Hering 1957, Balachowsky 1966, Seksyaeva 1981, Baryshnikova 1996).

Distribution

Russia (Dagestan, Derbent) and Europe ( Baryshnikova 1996). Distribution in Turkey ( Fig. 2 ): Ordu (new record for Turkey).

Remarks

This species was collected together with Coleophora vibicella (Hübner, [1813]) from galleries in Genista in Ordu province. L. laburnella is new to Turkey, and this record confirms the use of Genista tinctoria which has been mentioned as the food plant of L. laburnella elsewhere.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton). a) adult moth; b) male genitalia.

FIGURE 2. Geographic distribution of Lyonetidae in Turkey.