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 Capperia celeusi (Frey, 1866) ( Figs. 4-5 ) Material examined. DISTRICT OF MT . ETNA : Mount S. Leo ( Belpasso ), 1,000 m a.s.l. , VB9687, 13.vii.2005 , 1 J 1 ♀ ; 18.vii.2005 , 1 ♀ ; Piano delle Ginestre ( Bronte ), 1,000 m a.s.l. , VB8787, 18.vi.2005 , 1 ♀ ; 24.vii.2004 , 1 ♀ . DISTRICT OF NEBRODI MTS.: Pellera stream (Roccella Valdemone), 740 m a.s.l., WC0010, 17.vii.2004 , 1 ♀ ; Floresta , 1,230 m a.s.l. , VC9024, 1.viii.2005 , 1 ♀ ( GMCI ) . Figs. 2-7. Adaina microdactyla (Hübner, 1813) , male. 2 – body, dorsal view; 3 – genitalia. Capperia celeusi (Frey, 1866) , female. 4 – body, dorsal view; 5 – genitalia. Capperia fusca (Hofmann, 1898) , female. 6 – body, dorsal view; 7 – genitalia.Abbreviations: a – anellus; an – antrum; o – ostium; pa – papilla analis; u – uncus; v – valve. Figs. 8-13. Stenoptilia grisescens Schawerda, 1933 , male. 8 – body, dorsal view; 9 – genitalia. Stenoptilia mariaeluisae Bigot & Picard, 2002 , male. 10 – body, dorsal view; 11 – genitalia. Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla (Stein, 1837) , male. 12 – body, dorsal view; 13 – genitalia. Abbreviations: a – anellus; u – uncus; v – valve. Biology. Adults: wingspan 16-18 mm . It flies from March to August, living up to 1,800 m a.s.l. The adults are present in north-eastern Sicily from June to July. It flies at sunset and during the night near its host plants. Larval host plant: monophagous on Teucrium chamaedrys L. ( Lamiaceae ). Range in Italy . Northern Italy; Sicily (new record). Not common. Distribution. Turanian-Euro-Mediterranean.