Ciao a tutti,
Araeopteron ecphaea Hampson, 1914 si tratta di una piccolissima farfalla 9-11mm di apertura alare la cui distribuzione è ancora incerta e da rivedere. Per l'Italia ad esempio su "I Macrolepidotteri Italiani - P. Parenzan, F. Porcelli" la distribuzione è segnalata in Toscana, Calabria e Sicilia, io ho trovato la presenza di questa specie ad Agropoli (SA) - Campania, la prima volta nel giugno del 2011 venuta alla lampada e puntualmente la ritrovo tutti gli anni.
La prima volta l'avevo scambiata per un Geometride Eupitheciino e devo ringraziare Paolo Mazzei e Raniero Panfili per la coretta determinazione
, la mia "brutta figura" 
è parzialmente giustificata sia dalla postura che assume quando è posata che dalle dimensioni che non sono certo di una classica Nottuidae.Pochissimo materiale ho trovato su questa specie.
In questo lavoro:
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Nota lepid. 29 (3/4): 193–213
Recent records of Noctuidae from Malta, with five species new to the European fauna, and a new subspecies
MICHAEL FIBIGER, PAUL SAMMUT, ANTHONY SEGUNA, e ALDO CATANIA si legge:
Cita:
Araeopteron ecphaea (Hampson, 1914) ...
This mainly afrotropical species appears to be quite common in Malta, especially in wet biota. It readily comes to light. It is known from Yemen, Nigeria, Congo, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia (Fibiger & Hacker 2001), Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Greece (incl. Crete), southern Italy, mainland Spain and Mallorca (Fibiger & Agassiz 2001; Requena 2002), as well as Corsica (D. Nilsson & P. Skou, pers. comm.). The latter is the fi rst record of this species from France.
Remarks. The recent discovery of A. ecphaea in Europe (Fibiger & Agassiz 2001) still raises some questions. Has the species had a surprisingly rapid spread to most of the Mediterranean area just recently or has it been generally overlooked by lepidopterists formerly? In general, there are not many records of species of the genus Araeopteron available yet, which might be due to the small size of these animals, which may have contributed that these species have often been overlooked.
This mainly afrotropical species appears to be quite common in Malta, especially in wet biota. It readily comes to light. It is known from Yemen, Nigeria, Congo, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia (Fibiger & Hacker 2001), Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Greece (incl. Crete), southern Italy, mainland Spain and Mallorca (Fibiger & Agassiz 2001; Requena 2002), as well as Corsica (D. Nilsson & P. Skou, pers. comm.). The latter is the fi rst record of this species from France.
Remarks. The recent discovery of A. ecphaea in Europe (Fibiger & Agassiz 2001) still raises some questions. Has the species had a surprisingly rapid spread to most of the Mediterranean area just recently or has it been generally overlooked by lepidopterists formerly? In general, there are not many records of species of the genus Araeopteron available yet, which might be due to the small size of these animals, which may have contributed that these species have often been overlooked.
Il primo settembre scorso, sempre ad Agropoli (SA), ho potuto osservare due esemplari venuti ad una lampada artificiale mentre ero a cena da carissimi amici.
bravo Claudio bel ritrovamento,