Melanimon tibialis (Fabricius, 1781)

* Melanimon tibialis (Fabricius, 1781)

Fig. 6 View FIGURE 1–10 .

Material. 1 ex., Nospelt, 7.IX.1968, A. Mousset lgt. ( MNHNL138504 ); 6 exx., Eischen, 2 V .1971, A. Mousset lgt. ( MNHNL138505–10 ) .

Note. A small, xerophilic species associated with sandy habitats, locally present throughout all adjacent regions ( Everts 1903; Köhler & Klausnitzer 1998; Lillig, 1999; Thomaes et al. 2025). Once common in dune areas of the Netherlands ( Everts 1903), the species has been in strong decline in Belgium since the 1950s ( Libbrecht 1988) and it is very rare in Lorraine ( Géhin 1846; Fournel & Géhin 1847; Godron 1863; Soldati 2007) and in Saarland, where it is not considered endangered ( Lillig 1999). In Luxembourg, it is likely also declining, probably due to climatic factors.