Leptocera fontinalis (Fallén, 1826)

Leptocera fontinalis (Fallén, 1826) View in CoL

Material examined. Cattle farm: RIF. 2♂♂, 1♀, Bab Taza Village ( 35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps . Equine: RIF. 1♀, Bab Taza Village ( 35°02'43.2"N 5°13'47.8"W), 28.IV.2019 GoogleMaps .

Distribution in Morocco. RIF. M’Diq, Smir, Tétouan ( Marshall et al., 2011).

General distribution. Afrotropical – all records doubtful; Nearctic – Canada; USA; Neotropical – all records doubtful; Palaearctic – Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Azores ( Portugal), Belgium, Bulgaria, China (TIB), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faeroe Is. ( Denmark), Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece ( Crete), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Latvia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Madeira ( Portugal), Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadjikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia ( Montenegro) ( Roháček et al., 2001). Morocco ( Marshall et al., 2011).

Biology. In this research, we found it with equine and cattle farms. According to the literature, it is common in wet shady places probably, a variety of places grass compost, maple in sap, cow houses, cowpats, potato fields ( Floren, 1989).