Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok IV. - Natura Somogyiensis 15. / Miscellanea 4. (Kaposvár, 2009)
Fazekas Imre: Adatok a Balkán Microlepidoptera faunájának ismeretéhez, I.
184 Natura Somogyiensis Fig. 3: Adult of Ethmia bipunctella (Fabricius, 1775) Ethmiidae Ethmia bipunctella (Fabricius, 1775) Material examined: 1 ex, Croatia, Popovec, 24.07.1985, leg. Abrahám L. New species in the fauna of Croatia, and yet to be reported in other Balkan countries; widely distributed in Europe. Echium vulgare L. is the larval foodplant in this region, both flowers and leaves being consumed. According to literature (Sattler 1967) additional foodplants: Echium calycinum Viv., Cynoglossum officinale L, Anchusa L. spp. and Lithospermum L. spp. Outside Palaearctic well-known in North America. The main flight period is between May and August in Central Europe, but there is also a partial second generation in the autumn. Oecophoridae Epicallima icterinella (Mann, 1867) Material examined: 1 ex, Bulgaria, Fazanovo, 18.07.1985, leg. Ábrahám L. According to Karsholt & Razowski (1996), known only in former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece (see www.faunaeur.org). Pleurotapyropella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Material examined: 1 ex, Bulgaria, Fazanovo, 18.07.1985, leg. Ábrahám L. - this species is known to be frequent in Balkans. Crassa unitella (Hübner, 1796) Material examined: 1 ex, Bulgaria, Fazanovo, 18.07.1985, leg. Ábrahám L. - the first record of the taxon in Bulgaria. A rather local and rare species throughout in Balkans: Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia. The moths fly from early June till the end of August. The larva lives on dead wood and fungus under bark of various trees; it hibernates. Pupation in the larval feeding place. Blastobasidae Blastobasis phycidella (Zeller, 1849) Material examined: 3 ex, Croatia, Zadar, 29.07.1989, leg. Ábrahám L. - widely distributed in Europe, except the northern areas (e. g. Scandinavia). The moths fly in one generation between early June and late August. Gelechiidae Stomopterix detersella (Zeller, 1847) Material examined: 1 ex, Bulgaria, Fazanovo, 18.07.1985, leg. Ábrahám L. - on the whole distributed in Balkans but unknown in Serbia and Montenegro. The species is unknown in many parts of Central Europe. In the Carpathian Basin (e.g. Transdanubian Mountains in Hungary) the habitat is rather barren, in rocky highlands.
