Horisme exoletata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) in southern Italy and description of its larva (Geometridae, Larentiinae)

By

Scalercio, Stefano
Catania, Aldo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-9-28

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

43

Pages

291--299

Subjects

Italy , Lepidoptera , Malta

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.43.53001

 

Abstract

We report Horisme exoletata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) for the first time in Continental Europe: Italy, Calabria. This is a species previously considered endemic to Sicily and Malta, and an addition to the shared fauna of the Calabria and Sicily regions. We provide data concerning the biology of this species in Malta, illustrating the caterpillar for the first time.