8 research outputs found
Relic elements in Lepidoptera-fauna of the steppe zone of Southern Russia. II.
In the second part of the article 31 species
of Lepidoptera known from the Rostov-on-Don area were
observed. They are, from the following families: Noctuidae,
Geometridae, Sphingidae, Lycaenidae, Pieridae, Cossidae,
Zygaenidae, Lecithoceridae, Tineidae. They belong to
8 relic and pseudorelic groups: calcareophyllous and
petrophyllous pseudo-relicts, halophyte deserts pseudorelicts,
east-Asian steppe pseudo-relicts, xerothermic
steppe pseudo-relicts of the early Holocene, xerothermic
Mediterranean relicts of the early Holocene, conditionalrelicts,
pseudo-relic complex of stony steppe, Caucasus
forest relict of the early Holocene. Disjunction of areas,
rare occurrence and degradation of zonal populations by
anthropogenous factors are characteristic for the pseudorelicts.
In particular, rare steppe endemic species, for which
natural habitats are being destroyed, become pseudorelict
Additions to the fauna of Geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Rostov region
In the result of additional collecting of geometrids in 2007â2008 there were revealed 38 species from 25 localities; including 30 new species for Rostov area. During the period 1973â2008 there were collected in this region 161 geometrid species, and including catches of S.N. Alferaky in the end of XIX â beginning of XX centurŃ there are altogether â 199 specie
New data on Pyraloidea and Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) rare species distribution basing on materials from Rostov Region (Russia)
The limits of species ranges for 11 rare
pyraloids: Parapoynx affinialis (Guenée, 1854), Tegostoma
comparalis (HĂŒbner, 1796), Aeschremon disparalis
(Herrich-SchÀffer, 1851), Anthophilopsis moeschleri
(Christoph, 1862), Epascestria pustulalis (HĂŒbner, [1823]),
Achyra ustrinalis (Christoph, 1877), Anania ochrofascialis
(Christoph, 1882), Ostrinia peregrinalis (Eversmann,
1852), Ematheudes punctella (Treitschke, 1833), Ephestia
parasitella Staudinger, 1859, Eurhodope rosella (Scopoli,
1763) and 3 noctuid moths species: Phidrimana
amurensis (Staudinger, 1892), Callistege fortalitium
(Tauscher, 1809), Simplicia rectalis (Eversmann, 1842)
are defined basing on the material collected in Rostov
Region (Russia) during 2010â2013 by the light-trapping.
The Similar Ringed China-mark Parapoynx affinialis is
noted for fauna of Russia for the first time. Nine species
were found in the Don River basin for the first time. The
regional maps with collecting sites for each of 14 species
are given. In Rostov Region, the northern or northeastern
borders of geographic ranges are established for
T. comparalis, A. disparalis, E. pustulalis, A. ustrinalis,
E. punctella, E. parasitella, E. rosella, and O. peregrinalis;
the western borders, for P. amurensis and C. fortalitium;
the north-western borders, for P. affinialis, A. moeschleri,
and A. ochrofascialis; the southern border of easterneuropean
part of range for Simplicia rectalis
To the fauna of Geometrid moths (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) of Rostov-on-Don Area
During the light-trapping of Geometrid moths in Rostov-on-Don area during the period from 1973 to 2006 114 species have been revealed in 29 collecting localities. Of them, 30 species were found in this area for the first time. There are altogether 174 Geometrid species known for the Rostov area, including species known from the collecting by S.N. Alpherak
Review of the noctuids (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) fauna of the Lower Don valley
During the study of the Noctuidae-fauna
in the Lower Don valley since 1972, conducted by means
of light and bait-traps, 275 species from 10 collecting
points (extended for 230 km, in a valley of river Don) was
revealed. Among the detected species more than one third
are moths highly adaptive to agrolandscapes, but only 6
species â are dangerous pests. Some of mass species are
dendophyllous or meadow inhabiting forms. Surviving
populations of rare steepe noctuid species are confined to
the territory of Razdorsky reserve and surrouding ravines.
Lognormal hypothesis of species abundance distribution
was not confirmed based on the material of 9900 specimens
because the constant presence in the collections of species
with small