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)

Phenology: bivoltine species which flies from May to August. The moth flies actively in the sunshine and night comes freely to light. Biology: polyphagous, mainly on Asteraceae (Compositae), such as species of Crepis, Hieracium, Inula and Picris. In Hungary, Picris hieracioides is the principal footplant. According to Bradley (1973) the larva is difficult to find as there is no external evidence of feeding; it is best to dig up rootstocks in the late autumn and pot them. Habitat: a frequent and widely distributed mesophylous species in Hungary, from the steppes to mountains of medium height, but preferring collin and mountain hay meadows, acid grasslands and heaths. Altitude from 100 m to 350 m. Comments: the nominotypical subspecies is widely distributed in Europe. The ssp. magister (Walsingham, 1900) is local in Syria. The taxonomic situation of some Asian populations is problematic. 12. Aethes sanguinana (Treitschke, 1830) (Fig. 17) References: FAZEKAS 1994, 1995, 2002, SZABÓKY 1982a. Distribution in Palaearctic: widely distributed from Ural Mts. and Asia Minor to Iberian Peninsula and northwest Africa. In Central Europe rare and local. Reputedly in Scandinavia and in Western Europe, data await confirmation, no vouchers traced. Chorotype: Turano-Europeo-Mediterranean. The distribution area in Hungary: Agasegyháza, Budapest, Csévharaszt, DömsödApaj puszta, Fonyód, Győr-Bácsa, Kárász, Kecskemét-Nagynyír, Kunpeszér, Nagyharsány (Szársomlyó), Pákozd (Mészeg-hegy Sár, hegy, Tótugrás), Tihany. Phenology: univoltine, the moth flies from June to early September. Under good conditions in south Pannonian regions (Croatia, Serbia) there are two generations, between May and September. Biology: monophagous, in roots and stems of Eryngium campestre. Habitat: closed loess and sand steppes on the Great Hungarian Plain; open sand steppes (Somogy country, Little Plain); slope and rock steppes (Villányi Hills); colline dry degraded grasslands (Baranya country: Kárász). Altitude from 90 m to 350 m. Comments: sporadic and locally rare in the plains and hills, and uncharacteristic of the mountains of medium altitude. Atypical species of sand and limestone areas. Not known from west and north Hungary. The type locality of the nominotypical subspecies is in Hungary. 13. Aethes dilucidana (Stephens, 1852) (Fig. 18, 29) References: BRADLEY et al. 1973, BUSCHMANN 2004, FAZEKAS 1995, RAZOWSKI 2002. Distribution in Palaearctic: widely distributed from European Russia to Britain and NW Africa. In Central Europe local and unknown in many large areas. Chorotype: West Palaearctic. The distribution area in Hungary: Jászberény, Ocsa (Nagy-erdő). Phenology: in Hungary, the imago has been found in July. According to RAZOWSKI (2002) the moth flies in June and July. In Britain, recorded in July and August. In Britain frequenting grasslands in chalk and limestone areas where wild parnsip, Pastinaca sativa, grows, and it has also been taken in gravel pits (BRADLEY et al. 1973). Biology: oligophagous; reported foodplants are Peucedanum sativum, Pastinaca sativa and Heracleum sphondylium (RAZOWSKI 2002). Peucedanum sativum unknown in Hungary, and Heracleum sphondylium is a typical montane species in the country, but the moths have not been found in the mountains. Habitat: lowland wet degraded grasslands; the data incomplete. Comments: in Hungary, Ae. dilucidana has been confused with Ae. flagellana