Cyphopterum fauveli (Noualhier, 1897)

Hysteropterum fauveli Noualhier, 1897: 79 .

Cyphopterum fauveli; Melichar, 1905: 476; China, 1938: 53; Lindberg, 1961: 58; Leise, 1992: 259 Distribution. Endemic to Madeira archipelago. DESERTA GRANDE: locality unknown (Leise, 1992; Lindberg, 1961). MADEIRA: sampled on southern coast in Funchal and Ponta de São Lourenço, the driest part of the Island (Noualhier, 1897; Melichar, 1905; Lindberg, 1961). Islet de Fora: locality unknown (Lindberg, 1961). ISLET CHÃO: locality unknown (China, 1938; Leise, 1992; Lindberg, 1961). PORTO SANTO: Serra de Dentro and Pico Juliana (Lindberg, 1961; Leise, 1992). Ilhéu da Cevada: locality unknown (Lindberg, 1961).

Food plants. On halophyte plants (Lindberg, 1961).

Remarks. Leise (1992) indicates that Horváth’s (1909) records of this species from La Palma (Canary Islands) correspond to C. grossum Lindberg, 1954 and Lallemand (1929) and Seabra’s (1930a, 1930b, 1939a, 1939b, 1941) records from Portugal of the same species correspond to C. adscendens Herrich- Schäeffer, 1835.