. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Bonner zoologische Beiträge Band 53 (2004) Heft 1/2 Seiten 109 1 10 Bonn, Juni 2005 First Record oi Hyles dahlii (Geyer, 1827) (Lepidoptera: Sphin^idae) from the African Mainland 1 ' Anna K. HUNDSDÖRFER, Dresden The hawkmoth species Hyles dahlii (Geyer, 1827) is considered to be restricted to Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands (Rebel 1934), although there are occa- sional reports from Sicily (Pittaway 2004). In addi- tion, it has also been found on the Catal
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Bonner zoologische Beiträge Band 53 (2004) Heft 1/2 Seiten 109 1 10 Bonn, Juni 2005 First Record oi Hyles dahlii (Geyer, 1827) (Lepidoptera: Sphin^idae) from the African Mainland 1 ' Anna K. HUNDSDÖRFER, Dresden The hawkmoth species Hyles dahlii (Geyer, 1827) is considered to be restricted to Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands (Rebel 1934), although there are occa- sional reports from Sicily (Pittaway 2004). In addi- tion, it has also been found on the Catalan coast, in northeastern Spain, in 1975 (MASÓ PLANAS et al. 1979) and on the island of Pianosa, off the Tuscan coast (Italy) in 1998 (Dapporto et al. 1999). Here I report the discovery of about 15-20 first instar (LI) larvae of H. dahlii feeding on Euphorbia paralias in northern Tunisia in October 2004. The exact locality is the beach at Residence Shiri, a small hotel and camp- ing site on the coast north of Sejane between Cap Serrat and Bizerte. I collected and reared about a dozen indi- viduals. After two moults it was possible to determine them as H. dahlii (a caterpillar is illustrated in Fig. 1 and an adult in Fig. 2). This species has to date not been reported from Africa. Voucher specimens will be depos- ited at the Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig (Bonn) and the Natural History Mu- seum (London). I doubt that H. dahlii is already established on the Afri- can mainland. I observed very few habitats for spurge- feeding hawkmoths in Tunisia, as I found little food plant in the parts of the country I visited. During my one-week tour (from the northern coast due south near the Algerian border, then back north along the eastern coast), I found herbaceous Euphorbia only along one inland stretch of road; otherwise there was only E. paralias along the coast. In the north, there are few sandy coastlines and these are often short and very iso- lated,
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