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)
Natura Somogyiensis 24 173-178 Kaposvár, 2014 Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis (Guenée, 1854) is a relict species in Hungary (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Imre Fazekas Regiograf Institute, Majális tér 17/A, H-7300 Komló, Hungary, e-mail: fazekas@micrilepidoptera.hu Fazekas, I.: Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis (Guenée, 1854) is a relict species in Hungary (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Abstract: The postglacial relict species Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis (Guenée, 1854) is a very rare crambid species in Hungary. The distribution of this species in Hungary and Europe is reviewed based on collection and literature data. Keywords: Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis, relict species, biology, distribution, Hungary. Introduction All available information on the distribution of Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis in Hungary and Europe is collected. The published data based on faunistic papers and lepidoptero- logical collections. In the last years (1980-2012), the author intensively surveyed the Hungarian habitats of this moth. These data comprise 22 years field works. Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis was described from France (Guenée 1854). So far, this species has been hardly studied. The distribution of this species is disjunct. The moth is relatively widespread but occurs always locally and rare from India and Asia Minor to southern Europe and Canary Island; from about 150 m up to 1600 m altitudes (Szent- Ivány & Uhrik 1942, Klimesch 1968, Mathew 2006). Taxonomy Lepidoptera Crambidae Pyraustinae Ecpyrrhorrhoe Hübner, [1825], 1816 Harpadispar Agenjo, 1952 Pyraustegia Marion, 1963 Yezobotys Munroe & Mutuura, 1969, Ecpyrrhorrhoe diffusalis (Guenée, 1854) Botys diffusalis Guenée, 1854, Historie naturelle de insects 8, p. 340. Locus typicus: “France méridionale, envrions de Nimes et Montpellier”. References-. Agenjo 1952, Borhidi 2003, Daniel et al. 1951, Fazekas 1996, 2002, Guenée 1854, Klimesch 1968, Mann 1854, Maes 1994, Mathew 2006, Nuss et al.
