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Cydia molybdana Karisch & Pinzari 2010, stat. rev.
No full textCydia molybdana (CONSTANT, 1884), stat. rev. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (6) 4: 214 f.; pl. 9, fig. 11 (Carpocapsa). [Holo] type in MNHN. L. t.: Alps of Dauphiné. = Cydia (Kenneliola) sammuti DIAKONOFF, 1986, syn. nov. Nota lepidopterologica 9: 170 ff., fig. 1, 5. Examined material: France: [Holo] type : „ Carpocapsa MolybdanaMolybdana (Const) “, „ Carpocapsa molybdanamolybdana Const. Ann. Soc. ent. France 1884. p. 214 (Litt[oral] des Alpes Marit.).“, „1911 Coll. Lafaury Museum Paris “, „ Type “, „Genitalia J. Bourgogne, prép. No. 1854 “. Italy: Toscana: Ansedonia (Grosseto), 5 m, 1 X.2002 (gen. slide PREPT 756, Pinzari), M. Pinzari (coll. Pinzari); Burano (Grosseto), 5 m, 1 20.IX.2001 (gen. slide PREPT 1141, Pinzari), 2 (gen. slides PREPT 759 PREPT 760, Pinzari) 5.IX.2002, A. Zilli (coll. Pinzari). Umbria: Orvieto (Terni), S. Faustino, 500 m, 1 1.IX.1944 (gen. slide PREPT 1091, Pinzari), Prola (coll. F. Hartig, Dip. Biol. An. e dell'Uomo Sede di Entomologia, Roma), 1 15.IX.1959 (gen. slide PREPT 1083, Pinzari), Prola (coll. Pinzari). Lazio: Tenuta di Castel Porziano (Roma), 0-85 m, 1 8.IX.1998 (gen. slide PREPT 449, Pinzari), 1 24.IX.1998, 3 (gen. slides PREPT 550 PREPT 560 PREPT 562, Pinzari), 1 (gen. slide PREPT 559, Pinzari), 9.IX.1999, 2 16.IX.1999 (gen. slides PREPT 621 PREPT 623, Pinzari), 1 23.IX.1999 (gen. slide PREPT 628, Pinzari), 3 (gen. slide PREPT 659, Pinzari) 1 13.IX.2000, 1 14.IX.2001 (gen. slide PREPT 647, Pinzari), 2 28.IX.2001, 1 27.VI.2002 (gen. slide PREPT 1140, Pinzari), 1 1.IX.2002 (gen. slide PREPT 1017, Pinzari), 2 2 5.IX.2002, 1 6.IX.2002 (gen. slide PREPT 883, Pinzari), 1 12.IX.2002, 1 (gen. slide PREPT 965, Pinzari) 3 17.IX.2002, 1 19.IX.2002, 1 1.X.2002, 1 4.X.2002 (gen. slide PREPT 884, Pinzari), 2 2 10.-15.IX.2003, 1 2 19.-25.IX.2003, 1 7-14.X.2003, 1 19.-25.X.2003 (gen. slide PREPT 1090, Pinzari), 1 8.-16.IX.2004, 1 6-13.X.2004 (gen. slide PREPT 1013, Pinzari), P. Maltzeff (coll. Pinzari); Parco Nazionale del Circeo (Latina), Quarto freddo, 0-541 m, 9 , 7 , 13.IX.1977 (1 gen. slide PREPT 1080, Pinzari), 1 5.IX.1978 (gen. slide PREPT 1081, Pinzari), S. Forestiero, F. Malucelli & Z. Zerunian (coll. Pinzari). Croatia: Talmatien, Orebic, 1 (gen. slide 2593, Karisch) 10.-22.IX.1933, Dr. Züllich (ZSM). Greece: Chios: Limnia, 15 m, 1 (gen. slide 5136, Sutter) 3.IX.[19]96, 1 (gen. slide 5135, Sutter) 05.IX.[19]96, 1 (gen. slide 5137, Sutter) 12.IX.[19]96, 1 (gen. slide 6297, Sutter), R. Sutter (Landessammlungen für Naturkunde Karlsruhe = LNK); Zakynthos: Limnikeriou, 45 m, 1 (gen. slide 2432, Karisch) 10.IX.2003, 1 (gen. slide 2438, Karisch) 15.IX.2003, 1 16.IX.2003, 1 1 18.IX.2003, 2 (1 gen. slide 2439, Karisch) 21.IX.2003, R. Sutter (LNK); südl. Vasilikos, 1 4.IX.1997, R. Sutter (LNK); Kreta: Psychro, 800 m, 1 (gen. slide 2592, Karisch) 21.VII.1962, H. Reisser (ZSM). Turkey: Gebze (Izmit) 1 (gen. slide 2594, Karisch) 2.-3.VI.1969, F. Hahn (ZSM). Description: Pattern of the forewing very variable, often reduced with only some silvery strigulae from costa, an interrupted silver line in marginal field and weak pale brown suffusion. Speculum with silvery outer lines and black inner spots in a more or less brown field. Dorsal patch of the forewing obsolescent (fig. 3). Some specimens with a strongly constrasting coloration, a distinct pale dorsal patch and conspicuous pale brownish and silvery strigulae, were found among unicolorous material from the same place and date (fig. 2). In general coloration more brownish than in C. amplana. Genitalia (fig. 5): Tegumen slender, lateral part clasp-like, without apical prominence. Caudal angle of sacculus not prominent; ventral incision only slight and cucullus joint with gentle thickening. No horn above. Basal cavity longer and more rectangular; field with fewer and short bristles ventro-proximal of the cavity. Processus basalis broad. Cucullus longer, rounded ventroproximal. Aedeagus rather long and thin, angled and tapered to the apex, with minute thorns laterally. Genitalia (fig. 7): Lamella postvaginalis triangular, posteriorly broadened. Ductus bursae rather long and small, sclerotized. Bursa copulatrix long, with two signa. Subgenital sternite broad, lateral corners of hind margin triangular. Larva: Not yet described. It feeds in fruits of Quercus ilex and Q. suber (CONSTANT, 1884). Distribution and habitats: Documented for Southern France, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey (fig. 8), after DANILEVSKYI & KUZNETSOV (1968) also in Malta and Cyprus. Probably widely distributed, especially along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. In Peninsular Italy from coasts to inland hilly areas with Mediterranean vegetation, so far recorded from sites with plenty of holm-oaks (Quercus ilex L.), but occasionally also deciduous ones, and often close to moist habitats such as coastal marshes and lagoons.Published as part of Karisch, Timm & Pinzari, Mario, 2010, Cydia molybdana (C, 1884) - a valid species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae), pp. 463-470 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 60 (2) on pages 467-469, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.60.2.463-470, http://zenodo.org/record/475242
Studio sugli ifomiceti mediterranei. IV. Aspetti micofloristici ed ecologici dell'area protetta "Rifugio di Macchiagrande" di Focene(Roma)
No full textVengono riportate 177 specie di ifomiceti demaziacei rinvenuti su lettiera nell'Area Protetta "Rifugio di Macchiagrande" (Roma), di cui 31 nuovi per la micoflora italiana. Vengono inoltre fornite note ed illustrazioni di alcune specie ed una analisi statistica sulla loro distribuzione in varie tipologie ambiental
Studies on Mediterranean Hyphomycetes .1. Pseudospiropes dumeti sp nov
No full textA new dematiaceous Hyphomycete species, Pseudospiropes dumeti, found on dead wood of Pistacia lentiscus L. and Phillyrea latifolia L. in central Italy, is described acid illustrated
INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DEGLI IFOMICETI DEMAZIACEI PARTE 2° - CENNI DI BIOLOGIA ED ECOLOGIA
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Cydia amplana
No full textCydia amplana (HÜBNER, [1796 – 1799]) Sammlung Eur. Schmett. 7: pl. 5, fig. 24 (Tortrix).). Type lost. L. t.: Europe. Examined material: Germany: Oberspreewald, Straupitz, Weinberg, 1 (gen. slide 2434, Karisch) 18.VII.1992, T. Karisch (coll. Karisch); Harz, Hasselfelde, 1 (gen. slide 2435, Karisch) 27.VII.2002, T. Karisch (coll. Karisch); Zwintschöna bei Halle (Saale), 1 (gen. slide 2436, Karisch) 25.VII.1994, T. Karisch (Museum für Naturkunde und Vorgeschichte Dessau = MNVD). Austria: Burgenland: Apetlon, 2 (gen. slide 2440, Karisch) 3 (1 gen. slide 2441, Karisch) 31.VII.[19]70, W. Thomas (MNVD), Weiden, 1 1 1.VIII.[19]70, W. Thomas (MNVD), Illmitz, 1 6.VIII.1970, W. Thomas (MNVD). France: Digne, 1 (gen. slide 2588, Karisch) 27.VIII.1968, J. Klimesch (Zoologische Staatssammlung München = ZSM). Italy: Liguria, Capo di Noli, 1 (gen. slide 2585, Karisch) 1 (gen. slide 2586, Karisch) A[nfang] IX.1944, J. Klimesch (ZSM). Umbria: Narni (Terni), 240 m, 1 IX.1953 (gen. slide PREPT 1084, Pinzari), Prola (coll. Pinzari); Assisi (Perugia), Molinaccio, 500 m, 1 31.VII.2005 (gen. slide PREPT 1079, Pinzari), Z. & I. Zerunian (coll. Pinzari). Lazio: Cittaducale (Rieti), Cardito, 480 m, 1 25.IX.1948 (gen. slide PREPT 1082, Pinzari), Prola (coll. Pinzari); Villa Camponeschi (Rieti), Colle Petruccio, 1000 m, 1 12.- 13.VII.2001 (gen. slide PREPT 1077, Pinzari), A. Zilli (coll. Pinzari); Vallemare (Rieti), Colle Marcone, 1121 m, 1 (gen. slide PREPT 1076, Pinzari) 19.VIII.1988, 1 25.VIII.1993 (gen. slide PREPT 292, M. Pinzari), 1 26.VIII.1993, 1 23.VIII.1998 (gen. slide PREPT 1134, Pinzari), 1 25.VIII.1998, 1 21.VIII.2000, 1 15.VIII.2001 (gen. slide PREPT 1139, Pinzari), 1 (gen. slide PREPT 1138, Pinzari) 1 (gen. slide PREPT 1132, Pinzari) 25.VIII.2001, 1 10.VIII.2003, 1 18.VIII.2003, 2 27.VIII.2006, 3 2.IX.2006, 1 3.IX.2006, 1 4.IX.2006, 2 2 (1 gen. slide PREPT 1135, Pinzari) 5.IX.2006, 1 1 6.IX.2006, 1 5.IX.2008 (gen. slide PREPT 1136, Pinzari), 1 16.VIII.2009, 1 17.VIII.2009 (gen. slide PREPT 1137, Pinzari), 1 20.VIII.2009, 3 1 (1 gen. slide PREPT 1133, Pinzari) 21.VIII.2009, 1 24.VIII.2009, 2 1 25.VIII.2009, 2 3 26.VIII.2009, 1 1.IX.2009, M. Pinzari (coll. Pinzari). Abruzzo: Vacri (Chieti) 1 (gen. slide 2589, Karisch) 23.VIII.1955, U. Parenti (ZSM); Ortona dei Marsi (Aquila), Rivoli, 1058 m, 1 , 4.IX.2001 (gen. slide PREPT 668, Pinzari), A. Zilli (coll. Zilli). Campania: S. Maria di Castellabate (Salerno), 50 m, 1 (gen. slide PREPT 1078, Pinzari) 5.IX.1980, G. Pace (coll. Pinzari), 1 (gen. slide PREPT 461, Pinzari) 5.X.1980, G. Pace (coll. Pinzari). Croatia: Dalmatien, Umgebung von Gravosa, 1 1 (gen. slide 2587, Karisch) X.1936, J. Klimesch (ZSM). Romania: Baile Herculane, 2 (1 gen. slide 2443, Karisch) 8.VIII.1971, 1 (gen. slide 2442, Karisch) 31.VII.1973, W. Thomas (MNVD); Pitesti, 1 6.VII.197[?], W. Thomas (MNVD). Bulgaria: Primorsko, MMZ, 1 (gen. slide 2437, Karisch) 22.VIII.1988, T. Karisch (MNVD); Pirin, Liljanovo, 1 1 (gen. slide 2590, Karisch) 9.VIII.-1.IX.1986, F. Eichler (ZSM). Turkey: Elazik, 1 (gen. slide 2591, Karisch) 7.-10.IX.1975, Friedel (ZSM). Description: As described in RAZOWSKI (2003). In general coloration more orange than in C. molybdanamolybdana (fig. 1). Genitalia (fig. 4): Tegumen slender, lateral parts clasp-like; minute apical prominence (RAZOWSKI, 2003) not visible in all cases and depending on preparation. Caudal angle of sacculus not prominent; ventral incision with slight convexity and a more or less expressed small horn above. Basal cavity short, nearly oval; field with many strong bristles ventro-proximal of the cavity. Processus basalis small. Cucullus rounded ventro-proximally. Aedeagus rather long, slender in its distal half and with two minute thorns laterally. Genitalia (fig. 6): Lamella postvaginalis large, constrict- ed in middle. Ductus bursae short, sclerotized, broadening towards ostium. Bursa copulatrix long, with two signa. Subgenital sternite small, lateral corners of hind margin extended. Larva: The larva is described in SWATSCHEK (1958). It feeds in acorns (Quercus sp. after SWATSCHEK, 1958, HEINEMANN, 1863, SORHAGEN, 1886, WOCKE, 1874, RÖSSLER, 1881; Quercus pedunculata (= Q. robur)) and Q. iberica after RAZOWSKI, 1991) and is additionally mentioned in HEINEMANN (1863) and SORHAGEN (1886) for hazelnuts, in SORHAGEN (1886) for walnuts (assumed for these fruits also in KASY, 1965). The two studied specimens from Noli (Liguria) are labelled with „ Quercus ilex “. SORHAGEN (1886) refers GUENÉE, who has mentioned the larva also from fruits of Fagus sylvatica and Castanea vesca. Distribution (fig. 8) and habitats: In oak-rich, thermophilous deciduous forests in Central, South East and Southern Europe, around the Mediterranean common in hills and mountain slopes, scarce at the coast. After DANILEVSKYI & KUZNETSOV (1968) in deciduous forests and forest steppes of the former Soviet Union up to the Southern Ural Mountains, common on the Crimea and in the Caucasus, and also known from Asia Minor and Syria. In KARSHOLT & RAZOWSKI (1996) mentioned for Western Europe. All indications for the southernmost localities need confirmation.Published as part of Karisch, Timm & Pinzari, Mario, 2010, Cydia molybdana (C, 1884) - a valid species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae), pp. 463-470 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 60 (2) on pages 465-466, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.60.2.463-470, http://zenodo.org/record/475242
Fungal role in the movement, leaching and deposition of minerals across leaf litter and soil
No full textA considerable number of fungi have been described as having the power to translocate nutrients, but little is known about this role in the leaf litter-soil interface food web. A technique for evaluating the mechanisms of cellulose colonization by fungi and the changes in elemental composition of cellulose during its exploitation was set up. Ten sheets of pure cellulose (cotton linter) filter paper (10cm2) were layered to form a pad which was then inserted into a square-shaped terylene netting bag (15cm2), with a mesh size of 1mm2 . This package was then incubated for 6 months under leaf litter originating from an area of a low mixed Mediterranean maquis located in southern Italy (408570N; 138550E). Four different sites as field replicates were considered along three sampling times. The analysis of cellulose sheets by means of Scanning electron microscopy and EDS (Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy) after 45, 180 and 600 days of field incubation has provided evidence of a progressive increase in the fragmentation of the niche represented by the cellulose itself in the course of proceeding of the decomposition. A clear change occurred in the content of trace elements during decomposition: two groups of elements were observed that seemed to have behaved differently over time. A larger group whose average concentration has been increasing with field incubation time was composed by Si, Fe, Al K, Cl, Mg. A second group of three elements (Ca, P and S) instead has followed a very different trend, increasing in some cases significantly and almost logarithmically between the first and the second sampling, and then remaining constant or even decreased (as in the case of Ca) between the second and the third sampling. The first group of microelements is clearly linked to the contribution of the soil (sandy), while the elements of the second group appeared correlated to biological activity. During the decomposition of cellulose Ca enters into fungal enzymatic mechanisms related to the tricarboxylic acid cycle (i.e. accumulation or precipitation of calcium oxalate in the environment); this can explain the peculiar behaviour of this element across the incubation time. The P and S are biogenic elements that enter directly in the composition of proteins and nucleic acids and other fundamental biological molecules (ATP , co-enzymes, structural proteins), and could be associated to the extent of fungal colonisation of cellulosic material. The results of the study provided evidence of a functional role of fungal hyphae and rhizomorphs in the movement, leaching and deposition of minerals across soil and leaf litter layers
Lemonia italiana Prozorov & Prozorova & Volkova & Yakovlev & Nedoshivina & Pinzari & Pinzari & Scalercio & Bianco & Saldaitis & Hausmann & Revay & Müller 2022, sp. n.
No full textLemonia italiana sp. n. http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3B639832-7D67-4D8D-81F8-89F82148EB9A (Figs 24–31, 54, 67–73, 97–98, 114–118) = Lemonia taraxaci f. abluta Dannehl. Type locality: Italy, Apennines centrale, Montagna Grande, 1200–1500 m. Paratype ♂ (ZSM), nomen nudum. Type material: HOLOTYPE ♂, Italy, Calabria centr., Sila grd., Casali del Manco, San Nicola Silano (CS), 39.29586° N, 16.52569° E, 1550 m, 2.IX.2012, leg. A. Hausmann, slide Lemon-7 (ZSM). PARATYPES (133♂, 5♀ total): Italy, Emilia-Romagna: 3♂, Casina, 13.IX.1958, leg. A. Beyerl (CGM); ♂, Zattaglia, M. Mauro, 350 m, 8.X.2010, leg. G. Govi (CAF). Tuscany: 2♂, La Cisa, 44.4716° N, 9.9283° E, 1000 m, IX.1959, leg. L. Weinmann (SMNS); 3♂, 2♀, Siena, Geggiano, Pianella, 43.3639° N, 11.3856° E, 350 m, 21–28.IX.2021, leg. N. Keil, BC ZSM Lep 113545 (CNK; CBM). Marches: 3♂, Monte Catria, above Fossato, 43.4704° N, 12.6661° E, 1100 m, 23.IX.2017, leg. G. Govi, BC ZSM Lep 114582, 114583, 114584 (ZSM); 2♂, Monti Sibillini, Pintura di Bolognola, 1400 m, 1.09.2011, leg. A. Floriani (CAF) Umbria: 2♂, Montagna Grande, 42.8469° N, 12.87161° E, 1000 m, 12.IX (CGM). Lazio: ♂, Roma, Monti Sabatini, Casaccia, Santa Maria di Galeria, 30.IX.1970, leg. P. Maltzeff, slide Lemon-17 (CGM); ♂, Roma, Olgiata, 7.IX.1967, slide 14.549 (MWM / ZSM); 17♂, 2♀, Rieti, Vallemare, Colle Marcone, 1121 m, 5.IX.1987, 13.IX.1987, 17.IX.1988, 20.IX.1991, 11.IX.2000, 8.IX.2002, 23.IX.2006, 14.IX.2008, leg. M. Pinzari (CMP, CGM); ♀, Rieti, Vallemare, Costa della Chiusa, 1093 m, 16.IX.1989, leg. M. Pinzari (CMP); 14♂, Rieti, Posta, Villa Camponeschi, Colle Petruccio, 1000 m, 4–6.IX.1996, 8.IX.2001, leg. A. Zilli (CMP, CGM); ♂, Rieti, Santa Anatolia, 750 m, 9.IX.1994, leg. P. Provera (CMP); 20♂, Roma, Olgiata, 30.IX.1961, 2.IX.1965, 3.IX.1965, 4.IX.1965, 3.IX.1966, 4.X.1966, 7.X.1966, 9.X.1966, 7.X.1967, 9.X.1972, leg. P. Provera (CMP); 3♂, Roma, Casaccia, Santa Maria di Galeria, 190 m, 5.X.1970, 7.X.1971, 22.X.1971, leg. P. Maltzeff (CMP, CGM). Abruzzo: 2♂, L’Aquila, Rocca di Botte, 800 m, 30.IX.1974, leg. P. Provera (CMP, CGM); ♂, L’Aquila, Sperone (Gioia dei Marsi), 1000 m, 30.IX.1995, leg. P. Provera (CMP); ♂, Pescina, 900 m, 7.IX.1994, leg. P. Provera (CJM); ♂, V. F. Capo, La Maina mt., 1100 m, 5.X.1980, leg. P. Provera (CGM). Apulia: 3♂, Ostuni, 40.72952° N, 17.57799° E, 5 m, 1–10.X.1969, leg. E. Beyerl (CGM). Basilicata: 9♂, Forststraβe Mad. di Sirino, 40.1430° N, 15.8148° E, 1570 m, 5.IX.2011, leg. A. Hausmann (ZSM); ♂, Forststraβe Mad. di Sirino, 40.2417° N, 16.3633° E, 1570 m, 5.IX.2011, leg. A. Hausmann, BC ZSM Lep 60899 (ZSM); ♂, Md. di Sirino, 1060 m, 15.IX.1991, leg. A. Hausmann (ZSM); ♂, Piano di Ruggio, 1545 m, 16.IX.2004, leg. Scalercio & Greco (ZSM); ♂, Costa tirr., Cristo di Maratea, 620 m, 28.X.1996, leg. A. Hausmann (ZSM); 2♂, Valle Noce, Trecchina, 320 m, 29.X.1996, leg. A. Hausmann (ZSM). Calabria: 3♂, Pollino, Mercene, 300 m, 6.X.1980 (ZSM); ♂, Mte. Pollino, Col. d. Dragone, 1620 m, 12.IX.1995, leg. A. Hausmann (ZSM); ♂, Casali del Manco, San Nicola Silano (CS), 1450 m, 4.IX.2000, leg. S. Scalercio (ZSM); ♂, La Sila, Lago di Arvo, 1350 m, 11.IX.1971, leg. Wiegel (CGM); 8♂, Sila grd., Casali del Manco, San Nicola Silano (CS), 39.29719° N, 16.5261° E, 1550 m, 31.VIII.2012, 2.IX.1999, leg. A. Hausmann, BC ZSM Lep 30795, slides Lemon-6, Lemon-8, Lemon-9 (ZSM); ♂, Sila Grande, M. Curcio, 1690 m, 9.X.2002, leg. Scalercio & Infusino (ZSM); 2♂, Sila, Mte Curcio S, 39.3120° N, 16.4243° E, 1730 m, wetland, 22.VIII.2000, leg. A. Hausmann (ZSM); 2♂, Donnici, Fosso Cucolo, 550 m, 18.X.1996, leg. S. Scalercio, slide Lemon-5 (ZSM); ♂, P. del minatore, 39.7837° N, 16.0753° E, 1420m, 29.IX.2016, leg. Scalercio & Infusino (CREA-FL); ♂, Bocca di Novacco, Saracena, 39.8140° N, 16.0451° E, 1340m, 23.IX.2015, leg. Scalercio & Infusino (CREA-FL); ♂, Quaresima, Aprigliano, 39.2353° N, 16.5087° E, 1310m, 7.IX.2015, leg. Scalercio & Infusino (CREA-FL); 2♂, Colle Macchie, Pedace, 39.2591° N, 16.5271° E, 1440m, 7.IX.2015, leg. Scalercio & Infusino (CREA-FL); ♂, Colle Macchie, Pedace, 39.2597° N, 16.5308° E, 1450m, 7.IX.2015, leg. Scalercio & Infusino (CREA-FL); ♂, Colle Macchie, Pedace, 39.2589° N, 16.5272° E, 1440m, 7.IX.2015, leg. Scalercio & Infusino (CREA-FL); ♂, C. da Licari, Marcellinara, 38.9188° N, 16.4977° E, 215m, 10.X.2018, leg. S. Scalercio (CREA-FL); ♂, Vallone Tasso, Spezzano Sila, 39.335985° N, 16.415114° E, 1409m, 10.IX.2018, leg. S. Scalercio (CREA-FL); ♂, Villaggio Buturo, Zagarise, 39.0766° N, 16.2713°E, 1540m, 14.IX.2020, leg. S. Scalercio & C. Di Marco (CREA-FL); 2♂, Fiume Crati, Tarsia, presso cimitero di Tarsia, 39.6086° N, 16.2713° E, 55m, 15.X.2021, leg. S. Scalercio (CREA-FL); ♂, Gambarie D’Aspromonte, 1300 m, 15.IX.1970, leg. F. Hartig (CGM). Sicilia: ♂, ♀, Mistretta, IX.1938 (CGM); ♂, Mistretta, 14.IX.1938 (CGM); ♂, ♀, Madonie, 1200 m, 9.IX (CGM); 2♂, Madonie, Mandria del Conte, 1300 m, 18.IX.1993, leg. N. Grillo (CMP, CGM); 2♂, Bosco di Malabotta, 1320m, 2.X.07, leg. Infusino (CREA-FL). Diagnosis. Lemonia italiana is an Italian and Sicilian species. It has a 2.98% gap analysis distance from L. taraxaci and 3.30% from L. sibirica (Fig. 115). Externally and morphologically variable, no reliable characters were found to distinguish it from closely related species. Description. Male habitus (Figs 24–31). Antenna orange, flagellum apically covered with black scales. Head and thorax orange. Forewing length: 20–24 mm; wingspan: 43–46 mm. Wing somewhat triangular, external margin rounded and smooth, apex obtuse. Coloration ranges from pale to yolk yellow and may saturate towards the external margin. Cilia is wing color. Discal mark a small dark brown dot or lunule-shaped spot on the outer margin of the cell. Hindwing follows the same coloration as forewing. Cilia is of the same color as the wing. Abdomen black dorsally, the yellow interspace between abdominal segments may appear (Fig. 30), laterally orange, and ventrally yellow. Femur yellow, tibia of fore and middle legs speckled yellow and black, tibia of hind leg yellow, tarsi black. The tibial spur formula is 0-2-2, epiphysis absent (Figs 97–98). Male genitalia (Fig. 54). Tegumen somewhat triangular, widening basally. Socii membranous, covered with short chaetae. Uncus elongated, varies in width and length but always bifurcated apically and with isthmus near its base, covered with chaetae (Figs 67–73). Gnathos short, rounded, spatula-like with an uneven surface, a narrow subanal plate going from it towards the anal opening. Vinculum narrow, band-like. Valvae elongated, rounded, covered with chaetae, the ventral lateral margin may be convex or concave; sacculus weakly pronounced. Juxta boat-like pointed apically, widened basally, surrounds aedeagus. Aedeagus elongated, narrow, and c-shaped. Vesica small, elongated, and bag-shaped. Eighth sternum small, somewhat triangular, apically rounded, and varies in shape. Eighth tergum trapezoid not modified. Female habitus (Fig. 31). Forewing length: 24 mm; wingspan 48 mm. Fore and hind wing coloration pale yellow. Female genitalia not studied. Etymology. We dedicate the species not to the Italian territory, which also includes Sicily, but to the Italian language and culture that we all admire. Distribution (Fig. 114). The Italian Peninsula southwards of the Po Valley to Sicily, the northeast border is somewhere between the Alps and the Apennines. Earlier recorded as L. taraxaci by Grünberg, 1913; Mariani, 1941; Rougeot, 1971; Teobaldelli, 1976; Prola et al., 1978; de Freina & Witt, 1987; Bertaccini et al., 1994; Sciarretta & Parenzan, 1998; Sciarretta & Zahm, 2002; Parenzan & Porcelli, 2006; Sciarretta et al., 2008; Pinzari et al., 2010; Antoshin & Zolotuhin, 2011; Zerunian & Zilli, 2014, Infusino & Scalercio, 2018; Scalercio & Greco, 2018; Scalercio, 2020; Scalercio et al., 2022. Biology (Figs 116–118). Ecologically the species is related to the following regions (Dinerstein et al., 2017): Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests, Apennine deciduous montane forests, Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests, and South Apennine mixed montane forests. It inhabits heights from 55 (Fiume Crati, Tarsia, 39.6086° N, 16.2713° E) up to 2200 m (Monte Pollino, 39.907° N, 16.18886° E) above sea level. Adults were collected from August to October. Taxonomic note. Antoshin and Zolotuhin (2011: 15) mentioned a series of paratypes of Lemonia taraxaci f. abluta Dannehl deposited in ZSM. Adults were collected in Italy, Umbria, Montagna Grande, 42.8469° N, 12.87161° E – a location within the new species distribution area. Neither we nor Antoshin and Zolotuhin found the name in the available literature, so we treat the name abluta as nomen nudum.Published as part of Prozorov, Alexey M., Prozorova, Tatiana A., Volkova, Julia S., Yakovlev, Roman V., Nedoshivina, Svetlana V., Pinzari, Manuela, Pinzari, Mario, Scalercio, Stefano, Bianco, Giovanni, Saldaitis, Aidas, Hausmann, Axel, Revay, Edita E. & Müller, Günter C., 2022, Revision of the Lemonia taraxaci complex, with a description of a new species from Italy and clarification of the status of Lemonia strigata (Lepidoptera Brahmaeidae: Lemoniinae), pp. 337-360 in Zootaxa 5195 (4) on pages 343-345, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/719298
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