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FAZEKAS, I.: A magyar Alucitidae fauna előzetes atlasza és névjegyzéke (Lepidoptera)

Natura Somogyiensis 17 257-272 Kaposvár, 2010 Provisional atlas and checklist of the Alucitidae fauna of Hungary (Lepidoptera) IMRE FAZEKAS Biology Dept. of Regiograf Institute, Majális tér 17/A, H-7300 Komló, Hungary, e-mail: fazekas.i@hu.inter.net FAZEKAS, I.: Provisional atlas and checklist of the Alucitidae fauna of Hungary (Lepidoptera). Abstract: Hungarian Alucitidae are revised and a list of localities is provided. Biology, habitats and comments on the limits of the distribution are given. 8 species and 2 genera are known from Hungary. Provisional grid map of the distribution area of the all species in Hungary. This list is used as a guide for the provisional distribution maps of the species. In the material available now, Alucita cancellata (Meyrick, 1908) and A. palodactyla Zeller, 1847 are mentioned new for Hungary. Keywords: Lepidoptera, Alucitidae, new records, faunistic survey, biology, distribution maps, Hungary. Introduction The present study aims to gather all the information available on the distribution and biology of Alucitidae in Hungary in order to make a starting point for a further paper on the dynamics of distribution limits. The information was mainly derived from lepidopterological collections and faunistic studies. The data assembled relate to the time span from 1896 (ABAFIAIGNER et al. 1896) to 2010 (PASTORÁLIS 2010). According to ABAFIAIGNER et al. (1896) "Omnium qui apud nos lepidopterist studuerunt primus fuit A. J. Scopoli, professor academiae Selmecziensis, qui in altera parte saeculi prioris, annis 1766-1776 studii causa Lepidoptera colligebat

...". This period is long enough to notice remarkable changes in range limits of particular species. Eight species of Alucitidae are known to occur in Hungary and 22 species in Europe. Many species are poorly identified and many mistakes have been made in the past. For this reason, older references are unreliable, making it difficult to be conclusive on the distribution. The knowledge of the biology is limited. GOZMÁNY (1955) redescribed the Hungarian species' diagnostic characters on several pages, and described what was known of their biology and distribution. In the last 45 years, the Alucitidae have attracted little attention from Hungarian researchers; many records in the Hungarian literature are doubtful and the identification of the species has been uncertain. This study includes original reference to all available names. A summary of the Hungarian distribution and phenology is given, with detailed information about flight period, biology including foodplants and habitat including the altitudinal range.