Ypsolopha scabrella (Linnaeus 1761)

Italy, Southern, Latreille, Ypsolopha & Scalercio, Stefano, 2022, Short Communication Contribution to the knowledge of Ypsolophidae from forested habitats of Southern Italy with an update of the Italian checklist of the genus Ypsolopha Latreille 1796 (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea), Natural History Sciences 9 (2), pp. 55-58 : 57

Ypsolopha scabrella (Linnaeus 1761) ( Fig. 1f )

Records : Sciortaglie , Alessandria del Carretto, Cosenza, 1246 m, 39.9313°N - 16.3508°E, 17.VIII.2017 (1 ex.), 18.IX.2017 (1 ex.), S. Scalercio & M. Infusino leg.

Host plants: It prefers Amelanchier ovalis Medik. , but also on Pyrus malus L. ( Burmann, 1985), Malus sylvestris Mill. , Pyrus communis L., Prunus domestica L., Crataegus ( Bělín, 2003) , and Cotoneaster spp.

Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands.

Habitat: It was collected at the margin between a mixed broadleaved forest and a pasture with sparse bushes of Pyrus at montane altitude.

Figures

Fig. 1 - Species of the genus Ypsolopha found in Calabria. / Specie del genere Ypsolopha trovate in Calabria. a) Y. alpella, 01.X.2019, Campanella, Sellia, Catanzaro. b) Y. mucronella, 10.V.2016, Il Palmento, Serra San Bruno, Vibo Valentia. c) Y. nemorella, 7.VIII.2013, Fosso Cucolo, Donnici, Cosenza. d) Y.parenthesella, 31.VIII.2016, Piano del minatore, Saracena, Cosenza. e) Y. persicella, 9.XI.2015, Glicarello, Montalto Uffugo, Cosenza. f) Y. scabrella, 17.VIII.2017, Sciortaglie, Alessandria del Carretto, Cosenza. g) Y. sequella, 19.VII.2017, Sciortaglie,Alessandria del Carretto, Cosenza. h) Y. ustella, 25.IX.2019, Coturelle,Albi, Catan- zaro. i) Y. vittella, 5.VIII.2013, Pianette, Dipignano, Cosenza.