Bombyces e Sphinges (Lepid.- Heterocera) dell'Italia meridionale (addenda)

Abstract

In this work the species of Bombyces and Sphinges of Southern ltaly are listed, which are not included in my previous paper {PARENZAN, 1977).

61 species are listed, three of which: Chamaesphecia stelidiformis Frr., Pelosia plumosa Mab. and Nola squalida Stdgr. are noted for the first time in ltaly; Lamellocossus terebra D. & S., Adscita geryon Hb., Heterogynis penella Hb., Paranthrene tabani/ormis Rott., Synanthedon formicaeformis Esp., Synanthedon culici/ormis L., Chamaesphecia annellata Z., Chamaesphecia affinis Stdgr., Endromis versicolora L., Poecilocampa populi L., Gartropacha populifolia Esp., Hippotion celerio L., Miltochrista miniata Forst., Eilema marcida Mann. Spilosoma urticae Esp. and Nola cicatricalis Tr. are new far Southern ltaly.

The presence of Drepana falcataria L., Drepana culvatula Bkh., Orgyia trigotephras Bsd., Eilema griseola Hb. and Nola confusalis H.-S. is confirmed in those regions.

New data are provided an some species, which have rarely been collected.

The number of species of those families already noted in Southern ltaly is increased to 212 by the addition of Hyphantria cunea Drury, collected in Puglia (IPPOLITO & PARENZAN, 1981) and by the six species recently reported by other authors.

Eleven species, which are listed in papers written before 1940, but which have not been collected in the last forty years, are noted in the brackets, but must stili be confirmed. Eilema marcida Mann is confirmed as a distinct species of Eilema pygmaeola Dbld., and is compared with E. pygmaeola pallifrons Z.

In questo lavoro sono segnalate per la prima volta in Italia: Chamaesphecia stelidiformis Frr., Pelosia plumosa Mab. e Nola squalida Stdgr.; come nuove per l'Italia meridionale: Lamellocossus terebra D. & S., Adscita geryon Hb., Heterogynis penella Hb., Paranthrene tabaniformis Rott., Synanthedon formi- caeformis Esp., Synanthedon culiciformis L., Chamaesphecia annellata Z., Cha- maesphecia affinis Stdgr., Endromis versicolora L., Poecilocampa populi L., Gastropacha populifolia Esp., Hippotion celerio L., Miltochrista miniata Forst., Eilema marcida Mann, Spilosoma urticae Esp. e Nola cicatricalis Tr.

Viene confermata la presenza in queste regioni di: Drepana falcataria L., Drepana curvatula Bkh., Orgyia trigotephras Bsd., Eilema griseola Hb. e Nola confusalis H.-S.

Con l'Hyphantria cunea Drury rinvenuta in Puglia (IPPOLITO e PARENZAN, 1981) e le sei specie segnalate recentemente nel Meridione da altri Autori, il numero dei taxa appartenenti alle famiglie di Bombyces e Sphinges presenti in Italia meridionale sale a 212; a queste andrebbero aggiunte undici specie riportate in letteratura come presenti in queste regioni, ma in lavori anteriori al 1940 e pertanto da confermare.

Dal confronto con Eilema pygmaeola pallifrons Z. viene confermata la validità specifica di Eilema marcida Mann.