Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok V. - Natura Somogyiensis 17. (Kaposvár, 2010)

FAZEKAS, I.: A magyar Alucitidae fauna előzetes atlasza és névjegyzéke (Lepidoptera)

262 NATURA SOMOGYIENSIS Distribution in Palaearctic: in east Europe: Russia, Ukraine, Moldavia, Romania, Belorussia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; in north Europe: Norway, Sweden, Finland; in central Europe: Denmark, Germany, Switzerland Austria, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary; in west Europe: Ireland, Great Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France; in south Europe: Portugal, Spain, Corsica, Sardinia, Malta, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, ?Albania (unconfirmed), Macedonia, ?Bulgaria (unconfirmed), Greece, Crete; in north Africa: Morocco, Tunisia. Outside Palaearctic: SPULER (1908-1810) and SCHWARZ (1953) mentioned it from North America (unconfirmed). Alucita huebneri Wallengren, 1859 (Fig. 4, 10. c) Biology: The period of flight from May to June and in September. The larva feeds on flowers of Scabiosa spp. (Szőcs 1977). Additional recorded foodplants are mainly species of Centaurea and Knautia (GOZMÁNY 1955). According to Hungarian authors, the larva lives within the flowers and on seeds. Habitat: mesotrophic meadows, colline and montane hay meadows. Altitude from 200 m to 400 m. The distribution area in Hungary: WB - Kőszeg; TM - Budapest; NM - Isaszeg (GOZMÁNY 1995, Szőcs 1977). The species has a typical disjunct distribution in country, and is known only from three localities, the Kőszeg Mts in West Hungarian Borderland, the Budai Mts in Transdanubian Mountains and the Isaszeg in Gödöllői Hills. The collected data is very old. Distribution in Palaearctic: Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, ?Moldavia (unconfirmed), Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Kosovo, ?Albania (unconfirmed), Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Bohemia, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Luxemburg, France, Portugal, Spain, Sardinia, Italy.