Ypsolopha parenthesella (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 : 56-57

Ypsolopha parenthesella (Linnaeus 1761) ( Fig. 1d )

Records : Piano del Minatore , Saracena, Cosenza, 1431 m, 39.7804°N - 16.0675°E, 31.VIII.2016 (2 exx.), S. Scalercio & M. Infusino leg. ; Piano del Faggio , Acquaformosa, Cosenza, 1357 m, 39.7587°N - 16.0736°E, 31.VIII.2016 (1 ex.), S. Scalercio & M. Infusino leg. ; Colle Roncino , Taverna, Catanzaro, 1449 m, 39.0831°N - 16.6104°E, 25.IX.2019 (1 ex.), S. Scalercio & C. Di Marco leg.

Host plants: Several broadleaved trees such as Fagus sylvatica , Populus nigra L., P. tremula L., Fraxinus excelsior L., Ulmus campestris L ( Burmann, 1985), but also plants of the genera Myrica , Alnus , Betula , Carpinus , Corylus , Quercus , Malus ( Parenti, 2000) , and Crataegus ( Bělín, 2003) .

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

Habitat: Found at high altitude in Fagus sylvatica forests and their margins, and in a mixed Pinus nigra subsp. calabrica (Loud.) Cesca & Peruzzi and F. sylvatica forest.

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.