O. Merkl szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 67. (Budapest, 2006)

FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK Volume 67 2006 pp. 85-88. Further new moth species in the Hungarian fauna (Microlepidoptera: Gelechiidae, Tortricidae, Pyralidae) K. SZEŐKE Plant Protection and Soil Conservation Service of County Fejér H-248I Velence, Ország út 23, Hungary. E-mail: szeoke.kalman@fejer.ontsz.hu Abstract - Agonochaetia intermedia SATTLER, 1968 (Gelechiidae), Epinotia caprana (FABRICIUS, 1798) (Tortricidae), Notocelia rosaecolana (DOUBLEDAY, 1850) (Tortricidae) and Chilo suppres­salis (WALKER, 1863) (Pyralidae) are recorded from Hungary for the first time. These species were observed during the day and night field surveys. With 2 figures. Keywords - Microlepidoptera, Hungary, new records. INTRODUCTION During the past sixty years our knowledge of Hungarian microlepidopterans has undergone several changes. An outstanding step was LÁSZLÓ GOZMÁNY'S life work, who gave a complex overview on the native moth fauna as part of the series of Fauna Hungáriáé (e.g. GOZMÁNY 1958, 1963). The knowledge of the Hungar­ian fauna was further enriched by the work of amateur and professional research­ers. It was a milestone when SZABÓKY et al. (2002) and FAZEKAS (2002) inde­pendently published their checklists of the Microlepidoptera of Hungary. The present paper adds four new moth species collected during the author's field work in Hungary. GELECHIIDAE Agonochaetia intermedia SATTLER, 1968 - Velence Hills, Sukoró, light trap, 5. VII. 1999, one male, in coll. K. SZEŐKE, gen. prep, by M. GY. LÁSZLÓ (No. 2195). - Described from Tyrol, this spe­cies has a relatively isolated distribution (ELSNER et al. 1999), although it may be quite rare but more

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