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

https://hrcak.srce.hr/67698

Publication date:

8.12.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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