Entomologia Croatica, Vol. 14 No. 3-4, 2010.
Original scientific paper
Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Kopački rit Nature Park - Results of preliminary research
Goran Vignjević
orcid.org/0000-0002-7222-6768
; J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Željko Zahirović
; J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Nataša Turić
; J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Enrih Merdić
orcid.org/0000-0002-5597-8706
; J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this study, which took place in Kopački rit Nature Park in
Eastern Croatia from May 2008 to May 2009, was to create a list of species and to highlight both rare and typical moths.
A UV-light was employed in a conventional Wilkinson trap to sample
moths. Four traps were operated during the night twice a month on average. During the research, over 3000 moths were collected, and 201 species in 17 families were identified. Two moth families; Owlet moths (Noctuidae), with a total of 73 species and Geometer moths (Geometridae) with 56 species were the most diverse families. Within the collected material 6 rare wetland species were determined: Phragmataecia castaneae (Hübner, 1790), Thalera fimbrialis (Scopoli, 1763), Colobochyla salicalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Nonagria typhae (Thunberg, 1784), Hemistola chrysoprasaria (Espero, 1794), and Idaea muricata (Hufnagel, 1767).
Keywords
Moths; Kopački rit; wetland species
Hrčak ID:
67698
URI
Publication date:
8.12.2010.
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