Genus Pempeliella Caradja, 1916 and P. bayassensis Leraut, 2001 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) in Italy

By

Pinzari, Manuela
Pinzari, Mario

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

854

Pages

131-144

Subjects

Distribution , matilella , ornatella , sister species , sororiella

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.854.35351

 

Abstract

Pempeliellabayassensis has been reported for the first time in Italy. This species has been confused with P.ornatella for a long time. Our study of the historical collections of Carlo Prola and Federico Hartig, and also newly collected materials from central Italy, allowed us to verify the presence of P.bayassensis in Italy. At present, this species is known only in central Italy (Lazio), where it coexists with P.ornatella and P.sororiella. We also provide information on the geographical distribution of the genus Pempeliella in Italy. In northern Italy we found P.ornatella and P.sororiella, and in the south (Puglia), P.sororiella. In Sardinia, P.matilella, which has been confused with Delplanqueiacortella in the past, coexists with P.sororiella.