Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok III. - Natura Somogyiensis 12. (Kaposvár, 2008)

Fazekas Imre: The species of the genus Aethes Billberg, 1821 of Hungary (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Biology: oligophagous; the larva feeds in the stems and roots and in flowers and leaves of Arctium lappa, A. minus and Cirsium oleraceum and C. vulgare. The moths are readily attracted to light. Habitat: in Hungary, a mesophylous hill species which favours the rich fens, eu- and mesotriphic meadows and tall herb communities, secondary and degraded marshes and grasslands. According to GOZMÁNY & SZABÓKY (1986), in the Great Hungarian Plain (Ocsa: Nagy-erdő) it is very frequent on the edges of the marshy alder woods and the peaty meadows. The zonation of the vegetation, from the arundinic or phragmitic "altoherbosa" through the lower sedges to the lowest belt of grass, is composed of a rather characteristic flora: besides the common Arundo, Phragmites and Carex species, other mainly halophilous species abound. Altitude from 90 m to 400 m. Comments: Ae. rubigana and Ae. cnicana occur sympatrically in Hungary: in West Hungarian Borderland and Mecsek Mts. (FAZEKAS 1992). Further study is needed to improve knowledge about taxonomy and distribution area. For morphology and for biology of Hungarian material, see FAZEKAS (1991, 1992). 21. Aethes kindermanniana (Treitschke, 1830) (Fig. 27) References: BUSCHMANN 2004, FAZEKAS 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2007, SZABÓKY 1982a, 1994. Distribution in Palaearctic: from Ural region to southern Scandinavia, France and Spain. Unknown in Great Britain and part of the Benelux countries. Chorotype: European. The distribution area in Hungary: Agasegyháza, Balatonfüred, Bocsa, Budakeszi, Budaörs (Csiki-hegyek), Budapest, Bugac, Csákberény, Csopak, Darány (Kuti-őrház), Dinnyés, Egerszög, Farmos, Fenyőfő, Fülöpháza, Gyöngyös, Gyöngyös (Sár-hegy), Gyöngyöshalász, Gyöngyöstarján, Izsák (Kolon-tó), Jászberény, Jósvafő, Kaposvár, Kapuvár, Királyszállás, Komló-Zobákpuszta, Lovas, Magyarszombatfa, Marcali, Mátrafüred, Miskolc, Nagyharsány (Szársomlyó), Nagykáta, Nagykőrösi-erdő, Nagyvisnyó, Nemesgulács, Nyirád, Nyírbátor (Bátorliget), Ocsa (Nagy-erdő), Olaszfalu, Orgovány (Kargalla), Pásztó, Pécs (PTE arboretum), Rinyatamási, Salföld, Sukoró (Meleg-hegy), Szalafő-Alsószer, Szár, Szigliget, Szulok, Újszentmargita, Uzsabánya, Vörs. Phenology: bivoltine; the moth flies from early May to late June and of middle from July to early September. Biology: Larva oligophagous, living in tips of branches and spun flowers of Artemisia campestris, Chrysanthemum vulgare and C. leucanthemum. Habitat: ubiquitous; in rich fens, eu- and mesotrophic meadows and tall herb communities, colline and montane hay meadows, acid grasslands and heaths; dry and semi-dry closed grasslands; secondary and degraded marshes and grasslands. Rare and local on sloping steppes and on rocky steppes (Mecsek Mts. and Villányi Hills). Altitude from 90 m to 400 m. The type locality of the nominotypical subspecies is in Hungary. Comments: according to GOZMÁNY & SZABÓKY (1986), the moth is particularly abundant in the dune region of the Great Hungarian Plain (Duna-Tisza köze region) 22. Aethes sp. (Fig. 28) References: FAZEKAS 2007. A single specimen of a totally unknown species of Tortricidae turned up from the mountain range: Mecsek Mts, Kárász, 24.08.1984. leg et coll. Fazekas, No. 2301. The genitalia proved to be unlike those of any other European species, or indeed from anywhere in Eurasia. It is probably an undescribed species. The wing venation and the genitalia indicate that it is a member of the genus Aethes. In size and wing pattern, the new