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Male genitalia of Eilema spp. (19) E. pseudocomplana, armature, Abruzzi, Pescina (gen. prep. AG63). (20) Idem, aedeagus, Abruzzi, Pescina (gen. prep. AG61). (21) E. complana, armature, Abruzzi, Pescina (gen. prep. AG254). (22) Idem, aedeagus, Abruzzi, Aschi Alto (gen. prep. AG69). (23) E. palliatella, armature, Abruzzi, Aschi Alto (gen. prep. AG245). (24) Idem, aedeagus, Abruzzi, Pescina (gen. prep. AG68). Scale bars = 0.5 mm.
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The geographical and ecological distribution of some species of Eilema occurring in Italy is revised and
updated. Eilema depressa and E. pseudocomplana were found to be much commoner than literature records were suggesting, the former with several coastal populations discovered along the Tyrrhenian coast and in Sardinia, the latter having been prob...
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