Megalophanes viciella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Tineoidea → family Psychidae → subfamily Oiketicinae → tribe Phalacropterygini → genus Megalophanes → species Megalophanes viciella

Species name(s)

Megalophanes viciella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Psyche calunella Hering, 1846 = Psyche detrita Lederer, 1853 = Psyche fasciculella Herrich-Schäffer, 1845 = Tinea graminifera Geoffroy, 1785 = Phryganea? pectinicornis Scopoli, 1763 = Psyche pruni Schrank, 1802 = Tinea siciella Hübner, 1793 = Psyche stettinella Bruand, 1853 = Bombyx viciae Borkhausen, 1790 = Tinea viciella Hübner, 1793. [10, 187]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#6. Evropeisky Severo-Vostochny*; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #34. Kamchatsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Italy (mainland), Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Czech Republic, Estonia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-East (?), Western Caucasus, Kamchatka, Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky, South Ural. [3].

Subspecies of Megalophanes viciella

Megalophanes viciella orientalis (Dierl, 1977). [10]
M. v. viciella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775). [10]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Zoran Bozovic.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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