Capperia celeusi (Frey, 1866)

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 : 199-201

Capperia celeusi (Frey, 1866)

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Material examined. DISTRICT OF MT. ETNA: Mount S. Leo (Belpasso), 1,000 m a.s.l., VB9687, 13.vii.2005, 1 J 1 ♀ ; 18.vii.2005, 1 ♀; Piano delle Ginestre (Bronte), 1,000 m a.s.l., VB8787, 18.vi.2005, 1 ♀ ; 24.vii.2004, 1 ♀. DISTRICT OF NEBRODI MTS.: Pellera stream (Roccella Valdemone), 740 m a.s.l., WC0010, 17.vii.2004, 1 ♀; Floresta , 1,230 m a.s.l., VC9024, 1.viii.2005, 1 ♀ ( GMCI) .

Biology. Adults: wingspan 16-18 mm. It flies from March to August, living up to 1,800 m a.s.l. The adults are present in north-eastern Sicily from June to July. It flies at sunset and during the night near its host plants. Larval host plant: monophagous on Teucrium chamaedrys L. ( Lamiaceae ).

Range in Italy. Northern Italy; Sicily (new record). Not common.

Distribution. Turanian-Euro-Mediterranean.

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.