Long-distance wind-borne dispersal of the moth Cornifrons ulceratalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Evergestinae) into the northern Mediterranean

On October 2006, during an episode of abnormally warm weather, the African moth Cornifrons ulceratalis (Lederer, 1858) was captured simultaneously for the first time in several sites in north-eastern Spain, the Balearic Islands and southern France. A deep depression situated over the Atlantic at the...

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Main Authors: Jordi DANTART, Constantí STEFANESCU, Anna ÀVILA, Marta ALARCÓN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 2009-05-01
Series:European Journal of Entomology
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Online Access:https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-200902-0013_Long-distance_wind-borne_dispersal_of_the_moth_Cornifrons_ulceratalis_Lepidoptera_Crambidae_Evergestinae_in.php