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THE ALTICINI (COLEOPTERA : CHRYSOMELIDAE, GALERUCINAE) OF SICILY ... A2-5

3. Results

FAUNISTIC LIST

CHRYSOMELIDAE GALERUCINAE ALTICINI Newman, 1834

Altica (Geoffroy, 1762)

Altica ampelophaga (Guérin-Meneville, 1858)
Chorotype - CEM
Host plants - VIT (Vitis vinifera), ONA (Epilobium, Oenanthera, Circaea) and LYT (Lythrum
salicaria)
Trophic category- POL
New records- Messina: Torre Faro, Contrada Granatari, l0.VITI.2001 , Leg. Baviera C.
Notes. Species known until now for Sicily only from Gela (Caltanissetta) and Palermo
(Biondi 2006).

Altica carduorum (Guérin-Meneville, 1858)
Chorotype - ASE (introduced in North America)
Host plants- AST (Carduus)
Trophic category - MON
New records- Messina: Monti Nebrodi: Floresta, Sorgente S. Giacomo, 19.IV.2010, Leg. Baviera C.
Notes. Little common but widespread species in Italy, for the first time recorded for Sicily.

Altica impressicollis (Reiche, 1862)
Chorotype - EUM
Host plants - AST, ONA, LYT
Trophic category - POL
Notes. Rare species in Sicily, only known from Lentini (Syracuse) (Biondi 2006).

Altica oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chorotype - ASE
Host plants - ERI, PLG, ONA, VIT, ROS, SCR, BET, FAG, LYT
Trophic category - POL
New records- Messina: Monti Peloritani: Forte S. Jachiddu, 23.Ill.20 lO, Leg. Baviera C.; Monte
Antennammare, 1100 m, 04.VI.2000, Leg. Baviera C.; Bosco di Malabotta, 1300 m, l4.V.2005, Leg.
Baviera C.; Curcuraci, 300m, 29.Vlll.2011, alla luce, sub Pinus, Leg. Infusino M.; Francavilla di
Sicilia, Fiume Alcantara, Le Gume, 19.IV.2010, Leg. Baviera C.; Catania: Calatabiano, S. Marco,
foce Alcantara, ll.Ill.2011, Leg. Baviera C.; Trapani: Paceco, R.N.O. Saline di Trapani e Paceco,
Fiume Lenzi Baiata, 29.IV.2004, Leg. Baviera C.
Notes. Species known until now for Sicily only from Termjni Imerese (Palermo) (Ciofalo
1886), Lipari (Aeo1ian Is1ands) (Lo Cascio et al. 2006). Biondi (1988, 2006) reports this
species as widespread in Sicily.

Altica palustris (Weise, 1888)
Chorotype - TEM
Host plants - LYT (Lythrum salicaria)
Trophic category - MON

Atti Accad. Pelorit. Pericol. Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat., Vol. 93, No.2, A2 (2015) [50 pages]