Colotois pennaria ( Linnaeus, 1761 )

King, Gareth Edward & González-Estébanez, Félix Javier, 2015, Geometrid larvae of the Alpi Marittime Natural Park (district of Valdieri, Cuneo, Italy), with descriptions of the larvae of two Gnophini Pierce, 1914 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae), Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 621-631 : 625-626

Colotois pennaria ( Linnaeus, 1761)

Phalaena Geometra pennaria Linnaeus, 1761: 324 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Larva (L4), 2.V.2010, Riserva Naturale Ginepro di Fenecia (895 m) on Crataegus sp. ( Rosaceae ) (pupa 25.V.2010; deposited coll. FJGE); 11 larvae (L3-L5) 2.V.2010, Riserva Naturale Ginepro di Fenecia (861 m) on Acer sp. (pupae: 25 & 30.V.2010; emergences: 14 & 22.X.2010; 7 ♀, 4 ♂ deposited coll. FJGE); 3 larvae (L4), 3.V.2010, Sant’Anna di Valdieri (1022 m) in Crataegus sp. 3 ♀ (pupa 27.V.2010; deposited coll. FJGE); larva (L4) 4.V.2010, San Lorenzo (880 m) on Prunus spinosa (Rosaceae) (♀ emerged 28.X.2010, deposited coll. FJGE); 2 larvae, 5.V.2010, Riserva Naturale Ginepro di Fenecia (911 m), Corylus avellana (L4), Acer sp. (L3) (pupa 27.V.2010) (deposited coll. FJGE); all material FJGE leg. et det.

Phigalia pilosaria

(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Geometra pilosaria Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: 100 ; pl. I a-b, frontispiece.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Larva (L3), 2.V.2010, Riserva Naturale Ginepro di Fenecia (861 m) on Acer sp. (deposited coll. FJGE) ; FJGE leg. et det.

NOTES ON FOOD- PLANT. — Although Ebert & Steiner (2003) listed eight plant families attacked by this species, Acer is not mentioned as a food-plant.

OTHER OBSERVATIONS. — Not previously documented from the PNAM ( Baldizzone et al. 2005).