Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok III. - Natura Somogyiensis 12. (Kaposvár, 2008)

Fazekas Imre: The species of the genus Aethes Billberg, 1821 of Hungary (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

species is most like Ae. kindermanniana (Treitschke, 1830) and Ae. conversana (Walsingham, 1908), but the genitalia differ are very different. The primary colour of the forewing is white, the cross lines olive-drab, with yellowish scales. The hindwing is pale olive-drab. Unfortunately, the head was damaged, so the antenna and labial palpus cannot be characterised. The species will be described fully in a later study, but it is figured here. Discussion To date 22 Hungarian Aethes species are known. This is about 40% of the Europe fauna. The Hungarian species occur mainly on the xeric- and the mesoxeric grasslands (Tabl. 1). Most of them are oligo- or monophagous, 20% polyphagous (Tabl. 2). The majority of species are found in the lowlands areas, but several occur in the mountains of medium altitude. The western area of the country is largely unexplored. (Tabl. 3). The type locality of the nominotypical subspecies of Ae. sanguinana and Ae. kindermanniana is in Hungary. Ae. moribundana is known from just a single locality in Hungary, and Ae. dilucidana from only two places. They are therefore considered to be endangered, although the size of the populations is not known. Six species are widespread throughout the country: Ae. hartmanniana, Ae. margarotana, Ae. williana, Ae. smeathmanniana, Ae. tesserana and Ae. rubigana (Tabl. 3). Aethes vicinana Mann, 1859 has been stated to occur in Hungary (GOZMÁNY 1968), but no specimen exists and the presence of this species here remains doubtful. According to RAZOWSKI (1970, 2001, 2002), Ae. vicinana is known only from Algeria, Morocco and Sicily. Fig. 28. Aethes sp.: a) forewing patterns, b) female genitalia (Hungary, Mecsek Mts, Kárász, 24.08.1984. leg. Fazekas, gen. prep. no. 2301)