Adaina microdactyla (Hübner, 1831)

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

Adaina microdactyla (Hübner, 1831)

( Figs. 2-3 ) Material examined. DISTRICT OF PELORITANI MTS.: Bottaro stream (Mongiuffi), 430 m a.s.l., WB2936, 4.viii.2004, 1♀. DISTRICT OF NEBRODI MTS.: Pellera stream (Roccella Valdemone), 740 m a.s.l., WC0010, 6.viii.2004, 1 J (GMCI).

Biology. Adults: wingspan 10-17 mm. This species flies from May to August and can fly up to 2,500 m a.s.l. in north-eastern Sicily. Our specimens were captured in August using a light trap close to a riparian habitat. Larval host plant: Eupatorium cannabinum L. ( Asteraceae ). Range in Italy. Throughout the peninsula; Sardinia; Sicily (new genus and species record). Distribution. Palaearctic, Oriental, and Australian regions.

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.