Spanioneura fonscolombii Foerster, 1848

Spanioneura fonscolombii Foerster, 1848 View in CoL

Feeds on

We collected adults on Buxus sempervirens L., which is the only confirmed host plant ( Hodkinson and White 1979, Burckhardt and Mühlethaler 2003).

Distribution

General distribution. Western and southern Europe, Caucasus ( Gegechkori and Loginova 1990), alien in central, northern and eastern Europe, North America and Australia ( Oswald 2022, Prunar et al. 2023). Distribution in Bulgaria (Fig. 94 View Figure 94 ). Material examined: PVS.

Notes

New record for Bulgaria. Spanioneura fonscolombii has spread in Europe on cultivated box trees in the last two decades. Our record from Bulgaria (from ornamental greenery in a city park) is further evidence of its expansion after the recent records in Romania, Austria and other countries ( Oswald 2022, Prunar et al. 2023).

Diagnosis

Adult. Hodkinson and White (1979). Fifth-instar immature. White and Hodkinson (1982).