Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rota, Jadranka, Aguiar, Antonio M. F. & Karsholt, Ole, 2014, Choreutidae of Madeira: review of the known species and description of the male of Anthophila threnodes (Walsingham, 1910) (Lepidoptera), Nota Lepidopterologica 37 (1), pp. 91-103 : 95

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Choreutidae

Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767) Figs 3, 4

Phalaena (Tortrix) fabriciana Linnaeus, 1767: 880.

Material examined.

1♀, Vereda da Entrosa, Arco de São Jorge, 225 m, 14.ii.2001, leg. A. M. F. Aguiar (ICLAM).

Host plant.

Urtica sp. ( Urticaceae ).

Remarks.

This is a new record for Madeira. The single specimen was collected at the same place as several Anthophila threnodes . We examined photographs of this specimen deposited in the BMNH and are of the opinion that it is correctly identified.

Diagnosis.

Anthophila fabriciana resembles Anthophila threnodes , but differs by its greyish brown wings. It has the cream-white spots apically at costa and dorsum connected by a light zigzag-line, and has a white streak near the margin in the hindwings (Figs 3, 4).