Lithophane merckii (Rambur, 1832)

Kravchenko, Vasiliy D., Poltavsky, Alexander N. & Müller, Günter C., 2018, Addendum to the Israeli Noctuoidea fauna (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Erebidae, Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 48 (1), pp. 89-98 : 94-95

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1473586
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scientific name	Lithophane merckii (Rambur, 1832)
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14. Lithophane merckii (Rambur, 1832) View in CoL

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Material: 2 specimens. Foothills of Hermon Mt. , Tel Dan Nature Reserve, i.2010, V. Kravchenko & G. Müller .

Distribution: Generally (North-)Mediterranean: Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus. In the Levant, it is recorded in Cyprus.

Habitat and phenology: In Europe, the species occurs in deciduous and mixed forests: in Israel, it has been collected in the riverine forest. Univoltine, in Europe flying in October–November, overwintering and flying again from January until May.

Host plants: In Europe Alnus glutinosa ( Betulaceae ), in Israel probably A. orientalis ( Fibiger & Hacker 2007) .