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)

(Duponchel, 1863), and it is probably more widespread than the records suggest. The species is apparently unknown from Transdanubia and north Hungary. More research is necessary on its distribution in our country. 14. Aethes flagellana flagellana (Duponchel, 1836) (Fig. 19) References: Ács & SZABÓKY 1993, FAZEKAS 1994, 1995, 2002, SZABÓKY 1982a, 1994, 1999. Distribution in Palaearctic: two subspecies are recorded in the West Palaearctic, ssp. flagellana Duponchel, 1836 and ssp. atlasi Razowski, 1962. The nominotypical subspecies is widely distributed from Central Asia, Iran and Near East to Europe. In Europe with slight disjunction. Unknown in Scandinavia and Britain. The ssp. atlasi known in NW Africa. Chorotype of ssp. flagellana: Turano-Europeo-Mediterranean. The distribution area in Hungary: Agasegyháza, Apátistvánfalva, Budapest (Budai Mts., Zugliget), Csévharaszt, Darány (Kuti-őrház), Dinnyés (Fertő), Eger (Tihamérdűlő), Egerszög, Győr-Bácsa, Kaposvár, Kisvaszar, Komjáti, Komló-Zobákpuszta, Magyarszombatfa, Mátraszentistván, Miskolc (Feket-sár), Nadap (Csúcsos-hegy), Nagyvisnyó (Hármas-kút), Pákozd (Kanca-hegy, Pogánykő, Tompos-hegy), Peszér, Pusztapeszér, Rinyatamási, Salföld, Sárkeresztúr, Sukoró (Csúcsos-hegy, Meleg-hegy), Szin, Szinpetri, Szulok. Phenology: bivoltine, flying in May-June and July-August. Biology: monophagous, the larva living from September to May in flowers and stems of Eryngium campestre. Habitat: Xerothermophilous, preferring steppes and colline habitats. Very local and rare in the mountains of medium altitude (Mátra Mts.). Typical habitats are sand steppes, lowland dry degraded grasslands (Great Hungarian Plain), slope steppes (Mátra Mts.) and semi-natural, often secondary woodland-grassland mosaics (Transdanubia). Altitude from 90 m to 800 m (Mátra Mts.). Comments: the known distribution in Hungary is very incomplete, and there is hardly any data available from big geographical areas. 15. Aethes beatricella (Walsingham, 1898) (Fig. 20, 29) References: BRADLEY et al. 1973, FAZEKAS 1995, HORVÁTH 1993, PETRICH 2001, RAZOWSKI 1970, 2001. Distribution in Palaearctic: from Dagestan and European Russia to Britain and NW Africa. According to Razowski (2001) not yet recorded from Hungary. This is incorrect: the species was already reported, correctly, from Hungary in his previous book (RAZOWSKI 1970). In Central Europe more common, but local. Chorotype: Centralasiatic-Europeo-Mediterranean. The distribution area in Hungary: Győr-Bácsa, Győrzámoly (Patkányos), Agárd, Pákozd (Karácsony-hegy, Sár-hegy), Pátka (Kőrakás-szurdok), Sukoró (Csúcsos-hegy), Nadap (Csúcsos-hegy), Hortobágy. Phenology: univoltine; the moth flies between May and July. Biology: oligophagous; the foodplants are Conium maculatum and Pastinaca sativa. Another food plant, Smyrnium olusatrum, is unknown in Hungary. Pupates in April, in the stem of the food plant. Habitat: Ae. beatricella is a xerothermophilous species, preferring lowland habitats. Typical habitats are wooded pastures, salt meadows and dry and semi-dry closed grasslands. Interestingly, it has also been found in a gorge valley (Velencei Mts.: Pátka, Kőrakás-szurdok). Comments: In Hungary, this species is very rare and local in the Great Hungarian Plain, Little Plain and Velencei Mts. and apperently is not found elsewhere although the foodplant is widespread. The observation is similar in Great Britain (BRADLEY et al. 1973).