Komunikasi Pendek*the Diversity of Lepidoptera (Insecta) in Mount Kendeng and Mount Botol, Gunung Halimun National Park, West Java

Abstract

Lepidoptera is one of the four largest orders of insects. The total number species of Lepidoptera approaches 200,000 species, most of them are moths (Heterocera) and only about 15,000 species are butterflies (Rhopalocera) (Holloway JD, JD Bradley and DJ Carter. 1987. Guides to Insects of Importance to Man.1 Lepidoptera. C.A.B International Institute of Entomology.British Museum Natural History. London, him 3).The species of Lepidoptera commonly feed on green plants and consequently can be in direct competition with man, requiring counter-measures and control, but some are beneficial and aesthetic (Holloway et al., 1987)