Boyan Zlatkov
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5704-1634; Dimitar Uzunov
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9742-8956
1 March 2024 ·
volume 46 · (
issue 3) · pp. 83–87 ·
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Abstract: Dichrorampha dinarica and Cydia suffuscana are known from their type localities only, and apart from the period of the imaginal stage, no data on their biology are known. Dichrorampha dinarica was discovered in Tomor Mountain (Albania), at a relatively long distance from its type locality. The moths were swept from inflorescences of Achillea abrotanoides (Vis.) Vis. (Asteraceae) in the base of 61.2 Alpine calcareous screes (CORINE Biotopes). The larval host plant of C. suffuscana was revealed: it is Lunaria annua L. (Brassicaceae), while all other closely related species from the C. succedana group feed on various Fabaceae. The habitat of the moth after CORINE Biotopes is the margin of 41.45 Thermophilous Alpine and peri-Alpine mixed lime forests. The moths and their habitats are described and illustrated.
Keywords: Cydia suffuscana, Dichrorampha dinarica, faunistics, genitalia morphology, host plant
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