Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) rufifrontella
Creators: name: van Nieukerken, Erik
name: Laštůvka, Aleš
name: Laštůvka, Zdeněk
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nepticulidae
Ectoedemia
Ectoedemia rufifrontella

description: <i>Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) rufifrontella</i> (Caradja) Fig. 120 <i>Trifurcula rufifrontella</i> Caradja 1920: 161. <i>Nepticula nigrosparsella</i> Klimesch 1940: 91 [synonymised by Van Nieukerken 1987]. <i>Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) rufifrontella</i>; Van Nieukerken 1987: 142 [Lectotype selection, identity, Synonymy] <i>Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) nigrosparsella</i>; Van Nieukerken 1985: 51. <b>Biology.</b> Hostplants: <i>Quercus pubescens</i> Willd., <i>Q. petraea</i> (Matt.) Liebl. Univoltine, larvae very late in the season, October-November, adults fly in May-July. <b>Distribution.</b> Widespread, but nowhere common in southern half of Europe; not yet found on Iberian Peninsula and in most Balkan countries. France: Van Nieukerken et al. 2006; Macedonia: Lašt&amp;uring;vka and Lašt&amp;uring;vka 1997, detailed record given here; Greece (northern): Lašt&amp;uring;vka and Lašt&amp;uring;vka 1998, Switzerland: Schmid 2007. Here recorded new for Bulgaria. <b>Remarks.</b> Mines and larvae may be confused with those of <i>E. quinquella</i> (Fig. 119) and <i>pubescivora</i>, which both also have black plates in the early instars, but <i>rufifrontella</i> has characteristic broken frass in early mine, the larva has a strong greenish tinge (Fig. 120); the mine of <i>E. pubescivora</i> usually runs along veins (Fig. 121). <b>Material. Bulgaria:</b> 4♁, 1&amp;female;, Pirin, 1500m, 29. V.2006, J. Junnilainen (JJ, RMNH). <b>France:</b> 3 larvae [DNA confirmed], Alpes Maritimes, Fontan, 1.7 km N., near Berghue inf., 900m, 11.X.2008, <i>Quercus pubescens</i>, EJvN2008242, E.J. <b>Figures Ι04–Ι07. <i>Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) subbimaculella</i> group, female genitalia Ι04</b> <i>E. ilicis,</i> Spain, Albarracin, 24. VI.2001 <b>Ι05</b> <i>E. pseudoilicis,</i> Greece, Leptokaria, 25. VI.1996 <b>Ι06</b> <i>E. haraldi,</i> Spain, Anglés, 5.VII.1994 <b>Ι07</b> <i>E. alnifoliae,</i> Cyprus, Platres, 11–16. V.1999, C. Hviid &amp; B. Skule. van Nieukerken &amp; C. Doorenweerd,(RMNH. INS17675 –7); 1♁, Vaucluse, 4 km E Sault, 825 m, 25. V.2004, O. Karsholt (ZMUC) [DNA confirmed]. <b>Italy:</b> 2♁, Alessandria, Cardona, 32 T, MQ39, 300, 4. VI.1977, G. Baldizzone (GB); 3♁, 1&amp;female;, 24 adults, Savona, Andora - Conna, 250 m, 13.VII.1969, 21.VI–21. VII.1970, E. Jäckh (USNM, RJ); 1 adult, Savona, Andora, Conna, nei boschi, 300 m, 15. VI.1973, E. Jäckh (USNM); 2♁, Savona, Conna, 300 m, 9. VI.1978, G. Baldizzone (GB, RMNH); 1♁, 3&amp;female;, Savona, Testico, 470 m, 19.VI.1962, 3–4.VI.1964, E. Jäckh (USNM); 1&amp;female;, Torino, Piossasco, Casc. Levrino, 580 m, 11. VI.1991, G. Delmastro (GB); 1&amp;female;, Torino, Rocciamelone, V. Susa, 1000 m, 19720617, E. Jäckh (USNM); 1&amp;female;, Trento, Val Sarca, Pietramurata, 260 m, 5. VI.1958, E. Jäckh (USNM); 1♁, ditto, 470 m, 9. VI.1970, E. Jäckh (USNM); 2♁, 2&amp;female;, Verona, Negrar, Monte Masua, 400 m, 12. VI.2002, P. Triberti (PT, RMNH). <b>Macedonia:</b> 2♁, 1&amp;female;, Istibani, 9. VI.1996, 1♁, 1&amp;female;, Trojáci, 10. VI.1996, both A. &amp; Z. Lašt&amp;uring;vka (AL).
description: Published as part of <i>van Nieukerken, Erik, Laštůvka, Aleš &amp; Laštůvka, Zdeněk, 2010, Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition, pp. 1-82 in ZooKeys 32 (32)</i> on pages 58-59, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.32.282, http://zenodo.org/record/576594
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