Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok VI. - Natura Somogyiensis 19. (Kaposvár, 2010)
FAZEKAS I.: Revision of the Hungarian Euchromius Guenée, 1845 species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Natura Somogyiensis 19 235-244 Kaposvár, 2011 Revision of the Hungarian Euchromius Guenée, 1845 species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) IMRE FAZEKAS Biology Dept. of Regiograf Institute, Majális tér 17/A, H-300 Komló, Hungary, E-mail: fazekas@microlepidoptera.hu FAZEKAS, I.: Revision of the Hungarian Euchromius Guenée, 1845 species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Abstract: Hungarian Euchromius are revised and list of localities is provided. Structure of genitalia and morphological characteristics of wings are illustrated by figures. The habitats and Hungarian distribution of the species have been analysed, the latter shown on UTM-grid maps. The study is completed with references on the Hungarian distribution of the species. With 8 figures. Keywords: Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Euchromius , biology, habitat, distribution, Hungary. Introduction The world fauna of genus Euchromius is probably the best known among Crambinae since revisions after BLESZYNSZKI (1965), CAPPS (1966) and SCHOUTEN (1988, 1992). Two species of Euchromius are known to occur in Hungary ( FAZEKAS 1996, PASTORÁLIS 2010) and 12 species in Europe (SLAMKA 2008). Knowledge of the biology and geographical range is limited in Hungary. GOZMÁNY (1963) redescribed the diagnostic characters of the Hungarian species, and gave an account of what was known of their biology and distribution. According to SZENT-IVÁNY and UHRIK-MÉSZÁROS (1942), Euchromius superhellus (Zeller, 1849) is a problematical species in Hungary: „In der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums befinden sich 2 Exemplar mit der Fundortsetikette: "Hung, coll. REBEL" und 1 Exemplar mit dem Fundortszettel: "Hung. ANKER, coll. Rebel." GOZMÁNY (1963) showed later that no specimen of Euchromius superhellus is known from the actual territory of Hungary. In the last 50 years, Euchromius species have attracted little attention from Hungary researchers; many records in the Hungarian literature are doubtful and the identification of the species has been uncertain. A summary of the Hungarian distribution and phenology is given, with detailed information about flight period, biology including food plants and habitat including the altitudinal range. This study includes original reference to all available names.
