Eublemma baccatrix Hacker, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Boletobiinae: Eublemmini): recurrent immigrant or rapidly expanding species throughout the Iberian south area?

  1. Stephen Knapp
  2. Richard Banham
  3. Dave Grundy
  4. Antonio S. Ortiz 1
  5. José Luis Yela
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Revista:
Arquivos Entomoloxicos

ISSN: 1989-6581

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 27

Páginas: 113-118

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Abstract: Since the first record in the Iberian Peninsula in autumn 2022, in the province of Cádiz, Eublemma baccatrixHacker, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) has been repeatedly recorded from different localities in that province. In thepresent paper, faunistic information on seventeen additional specimens found in three new localities, two in the provinceof Málaga and one in the province of Murcia, is added. E. baccatrix could be a recurrent immigrant species from NorthAfrica, a rapidly expanding species along the Mediterranean coastal area of the southern Iberian Peninsula or bothcircumstances at the same time. In mid-October and early November 2023 there were episodes of strong winds, whichcould have favoured the entry of vagrants from the south; however, winds have been weak or almost