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S U M M A R Y
HEIMILDIR
Gesneria centuriella
(Den. & SchiíT.)
discovered in Iceland
(Lepidoptera, Pyralidae).
by Erling Ólafsson
Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 5320
125 Reykjavík, lceland
The pyralid moth Gesneria centuriella
(Den.& Schiff.) was discovered in Iceland
in 1972, when a single specimen was caught
near the mountain „Arnarfell hið mikla" in
Central Iceland on 12th August (Fig. I).
Since then the species has been collected on
several occasions on Skeiðarársandur, SE
Iceland, a total of 8 specimens, and 2 speci-
mens in the oasis Hvannalindir in the high-
land desert north of the icecap Vatnajökull.
The localities are shown in Fig. 2. The
moths were collected on 26th June - 12th
August, on all occasions associated with the
plant species Epilobium latifolium L., on
which the species may feed in Iceland. The
specimens from Arnarfell and Hvannalindir
are kept at the Museum of Natural History,
Reykjavík, but the specimens from
Skeiðarársandur are kept in the collection of
Hálfdán Björnsson (Kvísker, Iceland), ex-
cept for one which was donated to the Zoo-
logical Museum, Copenhagen.
Downes, J.A. 1966. The Lepidoptera of
Greenland; some geographic consider-
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Einarsson, Eyþór. 1973. Eyrarós (Epilobium
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Kristinsson, Hörður & Bergþór Jóhannsson.
1970. Reitskipting íslands fyrir rann-
sóknir á útbreiðslu plantna. — Nátt-
úrufr. 40:58-65.
Linnaluoto, E.T. & S. Koþonen. 1980.
Lepidoptera of Utsjoki, northernmost
Finland. — Kevo Notes 5:1-68.
Ólafsson, Erling & Hálfdán Bjórnsson. 1976.
Sandygla (Photedes stigmatica Ev.) endur-
fundin á íslandi. — Náttúrufr. 46:118-
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Valle, K.J. 1933. Die Lepidopterenfauna des
Petsamogebietes unter faunistisch-zoo-
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Wahlgren, E. 1915. Fjárilar. Lepidoptera. II.
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Familjegruppen: Mottfjárilar. Pyralid-
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Icel. III, 45:1-193.
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