Ábrahám Levente: Szünbiológiai tanulmányok - Natura Somogyoensis 10. (Kaposvár, 2007)

Fazekas Imre: Capperia fusca (Hofmann, 1898) is a new species in Hungary (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) - Capperia fusca (Hofmann, 1898) új faj Magyarország faunájában (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

FAZEKAS I: CAPPER/A FUSCA (HOFMANN, 1898) is A NEW SPECIES IN HUNGARY 217 Fig. 5. Habitat and the first Hungary locality of C. fusca: Komló, Hasmány-tető Biology: Recorded hostplants of C. fusca are Stachys alpina, S. cassia, Marrubium vulgare. The moth flies from mid-May to mid-June and from mid-July to mid-August (in litt. С. Gielis, Nl-Lexmond). Stachys alpina is found in Hungary only in Mecsek Mountain and in a few isolated localities at medium altitude in the northern mountains. Stachys cassia does not occur in the country. According to ADAMCZEWSKI (1951) larvae of C. fusca transferred to the closely allied Stachys sylvatica died: they did not touch this food. Stachys sylvatica is spread universally in the Hungarian leafy forests. We do not know for what kind of chemical reasons the caterpillars do not accept this plant. The larvae appear twice a year. The spring specimens feed after hibernation on the stems and lower leaves, becoming full fed in the second half of May. Habitat in Hungary: Illyrian beech and oak-hornbeam woodlands. The first Hungary locality (Komló, Hasmány-tetö) is at an altitude of 350 m. This is a sylvan environment in a residential area, effectively a sylvan clearing, where they are private gardens and small orchards. In the immediate neighbourhood there are forests of beech and oak. Up to the year 2000, there was intensive coalmining in the area. Intensive industrial activity characterized the country for nearly 150 years, but the mines were closed in 2000 and recultivation began. Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Crete, Croatia, Czech Republic, French mainland, Greek mainland, Italian mainland, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia South, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Switzerland, Turkey.