Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok V. - Natura Somogyiensis 17. (Kaposvár, 2010)

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

FAZEKAS I.: PROVISIONAL ATLAS AND CHECKLIST OF THE ALUCITIDAE FAUNA 261 Alucita cymatodactyla Zeller, 1852 (Fig. 2, 10. a) Biology: Adults emerge in September, hibernate, then in spring from April to early July. Reported from localities in Mecsek Mts (

BALOGH 1978). According to GOZMÁNY (1955), the foodplant unknown in Hungary. Habitat: dry and semi-dry closed grasslands and riverine ash-alder woodlands (Mecsek Mts). The distribution area in Hungary: TH - Pécs-Vasas (BALOGH 1978, FAZEKAS 2002, 2007); TM - Nadap, Budapest (

PETRICH 2001, GOZMÁNY 1955), Budapest-Márton-hegy (Szőcs 1956); - "SO-Ungarn" (

SPULER 1908-1910). The species occurs only on the hills and foothills. Distribution in Palaearctic: Up to the present it has been recorded from the following countries; Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, Spain, France. Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 (Fig. 3, 10. b) Biology: Moths have been collected from the beginning in August in North Hungarian Mountains (Bükk Mts.) at 900 m and again after hibernation until late May. The larva feeds on flowers of Lonicera spp. and causes a gall (Szőcs 1977). Habitat: closed thermophilous oak woodlands, thermophilous woodland fringes and turkey oak-sessile oak woodlands. Altitude from 300 m to 900 m. The distribution area in Hungary: NM - Bálvány, "1949.08.24. and 28. leg. Issekutz L." in coll. HNHM (

BALOGH 1967, Szőcs 1977); Bükk: Berva-völgy, Eger-Rétvölgy, Harica-völgy, Uppony (

BUSCHMANN 2004, JABLONKAY 1972b). A. hexadactyla is apparently very rare and local in Hungary but could be overlooked and therefore careful search is required.