A survey of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of North-Eastern Sicily with new distributional records Author Urso Author Marchese, Giovanni Department of Animal Biology “ Marcello La Greca ”, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy; e-mail: dursove @ unict. it Author Nel, Jacques 8 Avenue Fernard Gassion, F- 13600 La Ciotat, France text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2008 2008-08-15 48 1 197 208 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5342507 0374-1036 5342507 Stenoptilia grisescens Schawerda, 1933 ( Figs. 8-9 ) Material examined. DISTRICT OF MT . ETNA : Mount S. Leo ( Belpasso ), 1,000 m a.s.l. , VB9687, 15.vi.2005 , 1 ♀ ; 21.vi.2004 , 1 ♀ ; 23.vi.2004 , 2 JJ; 22.vii.2004 , 3 JJ 2 ♀♀ ; 27.vii.2005 , 1 J; 17.viii.2004 , 1 J 1 ♀ ; Piano delle Ginestre ( Bronte ), 1,000 m a.s.l. , VB8787, 8.ix.2005 , 1 ♀ ; Rifugio Galvarina ( Biancavilla ), 1,878 m a.s.l. , VB9766, 28.vi.2004 , 1 ♀ ; 19.vii.2004 , 1 ♀ . DISTRICT OF PELORITANI MTS.: Mouth of the Stream Agrò ( S. Alessio Siculo ), 1 m a.s.l. , WB3918 , 2.viii.2004 , 1 ♀ . DISTRICT OF NEBRODI MTS.: Stream Pellera ( Roccella Valdemone ), 740 m a.s.l. , WC0010, 17.vii.2004 , 1 J ; 6.viii.2004 , 1 ♀ ( GMCI ) . Biology. Adults: wingspan 16-20 mm . Adults fly from July to September; in north-eastern Sicily we observed adults from June to September. It flies among grass at dusk; our specimens were captured at light during the night. Larval host plant: probably monophagous on Misopates orontium (L.) Rafin. ( Scrophulariaceae ). Range in Italy . Piedmont , Latium ; Sardinia ; Sicily (new record) . Distribution. Mediterranean-Macaronesian. Remark . In the Italian checklist ( ARENBERGER et al. 1995 ), S. grisescens is indicated as a synonym of S. arida ( Zeller, 1847 ) ( type locality: Messina); the latter species is widespread in the entire peninsula and on the islands. BIGOT & PICARD (2002) considered S. grisescens as a valid species and gave a key to identify the species belonging to the grisescens group ( S. grisescens , S. mariaeluisae Bigot & Picard, 2002 , S. inopinata Bigot & Picard, 2002 , and S. gallobritannidactyla Gibeaux, 1985 ); the key is based on the characters of the male uncus and the ostium bursae and post-vaginal lamella of females. However, GIELIS (2003) still indicated S. grisescens as a synonym of S. arida . ARENBERGER (2005) agreed with BIGOT & PICARD (2002) in considering S. grisescens a valid species, and confirmed its presence in Italy in Piedmont , Latium , and Sardinia . TREMATERRA et al. (2006) reported S. grisescens from Molise and considered it by mistake as a new record for Italy . ARENBERGER (2005) confirmed the presence of S. arida in Latium , Liguria and Sicily . However, most of the records of S. arida from Italy should be verified. Our data demonstrate the presence of S. grisescens in Sicily ; the characters of the genitalia for both males and females are as described by NEL (2003) and ARENBERGER (2005) .