Choreutidae of Madeira: Review of the Known Species and Description of the Male of Anthophila Threnodes (Walsingham, 1910) (Lepidoptera)

By

Rota, Jadranka
Aguiar, Antonio M F
Karsholt, Ole

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

37

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

91--103

Subjects

Choreutidae , Madeira

Contributed by

BioStor

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

BioStor: https://biostor.org/reference/145188
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.37.7928

 

Abstract

We review and illustrate the four species of Choreutidae recorded from Madeira – Anthophila threnodes (Walsingham), A. fabriciana (Linnaeus), Choreutis nemorana (Hübner), and Tebenna micalis (Mann) – and describe and illustrate for the first time the male of A. threnodes, as well as the biology of this Madeiran endemic. We provide brief notes on each of the species and give short diagnoses for correctly identifying them. Finally, we discuss previous misidentifications of Madeiran choreutids and the occurrence of choreutids on other oceanic islands.