Capperia fusca (Hofmann, 1898)

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 : 202

Capperia fusca (Hofmann, 1898)

( Figs. 6-7 )

Material examined. DISTRICT OF MT. ETNA: Catania city, 30 m a.s.l., WB 0572, 1.vii.2004, 1 ♀ ( GMCI).

Biology. Adults: wingspan 12-15 mm. Adults occur up to 2,000 m a.s.l. from May to September. The only specimen was collected at night on a wall lit by a street lamp. Larval host plants: oligophagous on Stachys spp. and Marrubium vulgare L. ( Lamiaceae ).

Range in Italy. The whole peninsula; Sicily (new record).

Distribution. Turanian-European.

Figures

Figs. 2-7. Adaina microdactyla (Hübner, 1813), male. 2 – body, dorsal view; 3 – genitalia. Capperia celeusi (Frey, 1866), female. 4 – body, dorsal view; 5 – genitalia. Capperia fusca (Hofmann, 1898), female. 6 – body, dorsal view; 7 – genitalia.Abbreviations: a – anellus; an – antrum; o – ostium; pa – papilla analis; u – uncus; v – valve.