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An addition to the checklist of butterflies and moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Ichnia National Nature Park (Chernihiv Region, Ukraine)
Author(s) -
S. Suchkov,
В. В. Кавурка,
P. M. Sheshurak,
O. S. Voblenko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
izvestiâ harʹkovskogo èntomologičeskogo obŝestva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2707-420X
pISSN - 1726-8028
DOI - 10.36016/khesg-2020-28-1-4
Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , erebidae , national park , fauna , biology , ecology , zoology , geography
The additional data to the list of butterflies and moths of Ichnia National Nature Park is given. There are original records for 91 lepidopterous species from 78 genera of 12 families presented. Actually, 42 species from 37 genera of 10 families are recorded in the Ichnia National Nature Park for the first time. Recently the checklist of Lepidoptera of Ichnia National Nature Park and its immediate environs (taking into account the species from the previously published list) includes 633 known species from 379 genera of 31 families. According to the number of registered species, the following Lepidoptera families prevail in the fauna of Ichnia National Nature Park: Noctuidae (190 species from 99 genera), Geometridae (147 species from 83 genera), Tortricidae (70 species from 35 genera), Erebidae (36 species from 27 genera), Pyralidae (34 species from 25 genera) and Crambidae (24 species from 18 genera). The best studied is the territory of Arboretum ‘Trostianets’ of the National Academy of ciences of Ukraine (as a separate component of Ichnia National Nature Park), where 506 lepidopterous species from 302 genera of 21 families were registered. In other parts of the Ichnia National Nature Park 156 species from 133 genera of 27 families were recorded. It shows a lack of knowledge of its Lepidoptera diversity as a whole.

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