Ptilophora plumigera

Ptilophora plumigera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Bombyx plumigera Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 (by Vienna, Austria) [Original combination] Phalaena variegata de Villers, 1789 (France)

Ptilophora plumigera cartolarii Wolfsberger, 1961 (Cancello dei Monti Lessini-Veneto Prealps, Italy) Ptilophora plumigera variabilis Hartig, 1968 (Monte Vulture, Basilicata, Italy) Ptilophora plumigera mirabilis Hentscholek, 1976 (Burgenland, Austria)

Material examined. 1 male: Kent X / XI—07 / Hancock; coll. Th. Witt / München / Weiden; Genitalpräparat Heterocera Nr. 4454, Museum Witt München (Coll. Museum Witt). 1 male: Nord Kaukasus / Stavropol’ / 20.X.1988 / leg. V. Tichonov /; Genitalpräparat Heterocera Nr. 4473, Museum Witt München (Coll. Museum Witt). 1 male: FRANCE / Meurthe et Mos. / Cahrency / 11.XI.1976 / Coll. De Laever; prep. number CREA—0147, Marco Infusino (Coll. Parenzan). 1 male: Belgique / Buzenol / Pr. Luxembourg / 10.XI. 1 979 / Coll. De Laever; prep. number CREA—0149, Marco Infusino (Coll. Parenzan). 1 male: Belgique / Buzenol / Pr. Luxembourg / 10.XI.1979 / Coll. De Laever (Coll. Parenzan). 2 male: Belgique / Ethe / La Clair Eau / 28.XI.1979 / Coll. De Laever (Coll. Parenzan). 1 male: BAVARIA mer. / Oberschleiss- / heim, 480 m / 8.X.1993 / lg. HAUSMANN; prep. number CREA—0148, Marco Infusino (Coll. Parenzan). 1 male: FONTENO (BG) m 580 / Val Fonteno tr. lum. / 14.XI.1996 leg. Cornali Gozzini; prep. number CREA—0140, Marco Infusino (Coll. Natural Sciences Museum of Bergamo). 1 male: PARZANICA (BG) m 550 / Valle dei Foppi tr. lum. / 13.XI.1996 leg. Cornali Gozzini; prep.

number CREA—0141, Marco Infusino (Coll. Natural Sciences Museum of Bergamo). 1 male: VIGOLO (BG) m 800 / Ronchi della Bratta tr. lum. / 13.XI.1996 leg. Cornali Gozzini; prep. number CREA—0142, Marco Infusino (Coll. Natural Sciences Museum of Bergamo). 1 male: FONTENO (BG) m 580 / Val Fonteno tr. lum. / 14.XI.1996 leg. Cornali Gozzini (Coll. Natural Sciences Museum of Bergamo). 1 male: PARZANICA (BG) m 550 / Valle dei Foppi tr. lum. / 13.XI.1996 leg. Cornali Gozzini (Coll. Natural Sciences Museum of Bergamo). 2 males: VIGOLO (BG) m 800 / Ronchi della Bratta tr. lum. / 13.XI.1996 leg. Cornali Gozzini (Coll. Natural Sciences Museum of Bergamo). 1 famale: Bayr. Alpen / Lenggries / 700 m E 9.78 / W. Pavlas / Museum Witt München; prep. number ZSM Sp 1520, Pritha Dey (Coll. Museum Witt). 1 male: Piemonte / Val Susa: Mompantero (TO) / 1.000 m— 25.XI.2002 / Leg. E. Bertaccini; prep. number: 981, Edgardo Bertaccini (Coll. Bertaccini).

Further>500 specimens in coll ZSM and Museum Witt collected across European range of the species.

The typical series was lost, but the specimens coming from geographic areas near the locus typicus share a given morphology of genitalia and belong to the same BIN, then we used these specimens as a reference for the identification of the above mentioned material.