Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok IX. - Natura Somogyiensis 24. (Kaposvár, 2014)
Fazekas I.: Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis (Guenée, 1854) is a relict species in Hungary (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Fazekas I.: Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis (Guenée, 1854) is a relict species 177 Discussion Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis is very rare but the Hungarian Red Data Book does not mention this (Rakonczay 1989), and does not protected by law. According to author, Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis is a regressive postglacial relict element. Many micro-moths exist only in isolated colonies as relict populations, separated from their relatives by climatic or ecological effects in the Pannonian region. Their unique relict populations located in Hungarian middle hills and in the Great Hungarian Plain are typically placed on limestone or dolomite mountains and sand-hill areas. The Villány Hills, with xerothermophilous post-glacial vegetation, certainly provides optimal conditions for the Mediterranean and for other sub-Mediterranean fauna elements. The populations of Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis restricted to limited areas in Hungary would deserve greater attention of the nature conservation authorities. I am working on a proposal to protect the habitats of this moth. Acknowledgements We thank to A. Schreurs (NL-Kerkrade) for providing data of this species from Dombóvár (Tolna county).
