20. Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller, [1775]) (Plate 2, Fig. 2)

Alucita rhododactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ankündigung eines Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 146.

Platyptilia koreana Matsumura, 1931; 6000 Illustrated Insects of the Japan-Empire: 1055.

TL: Austria.

Distribution: India, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Corse, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Iran, Japan, Kirgizstan, S. Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, U.S.A.

Host: Rosa canina, R. spinosissima, and R. rugosa (Rosaceae) .

Parasitoids. Apanteles spurius; Sinophorus turionus; Scambus brevicornis (Hym., Ichneumonidae). Pseudoperichaeta palesoidea ( Diptera, Tachinidae).

Illustrations: Wing venation, male, and female genitalia (Gielis 1993: figs 68, 127, 191).