Balázs Tóth

Hungarian Natural History Museum · Department of Zoology

The identity of Conisania leuconephra (Draudt, 1950) from Yunnan (China) is revised. A new species Conisania sejilaensis sp. nov. is described from Xizang (China). The adults as well as the male and the female genitalia of the new and related species are illustrated.

One male specimen of the rarely collected Idaea spissilimbaria (Mabille, 1888) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae), previously only reported from four European countries, came to light on 1 July 2023 at the terrace of a resort in the town of Kőszeg, Western Hungary. The occurrence is the first record from Hungary, and the second record from the...

The butterfly collection of Gyula Dietzel (1945-2017) is catalogued. The 9817 specimens represent the papilionoid families Lycaenidae (170 species), Nymphalidae (313 species), Papilionidae (38 species), and Pieridae (82 species). The specimens are inventoried according to their scientific binomen listed in alphabetical order. Within species entries...

In an unpublished manuscript on Asian noctuid moths, primarily on the fauna of North- Thailand, illustrated richly by 341 original figures, Dr. Márton Hreblay (*1963–†2000) proposed 84 new species-group and four genus-group names, designated lectotypes for 23 nominal taxa, and established 14 new synonyms. The original manuscript is published here w...

Altogether 103 specimens of Eucrostes indigenata (Villers, 1789) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae: Comostolini) are deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. The species was found in the Carpathian Basin in 1895 for the first time, and the latest record dates back to 1974. Although the first record from Grebenac (Serbia) was mentione...

A Hypenodes pannonica Fibiger, Pekarsky & Ronkay, 2010 fajból csak a típussorozatról volt tudomásunk, amelyet 1936 és 1983 között gyűjtöttek. Jelenlegi ismereteink szerint Kárpát-medencei endemizmusnak tekinthető. 2022-ben került elő újra: július 4. és augusztus 3. között Gyulán összesen 12 példányt észleltek. Tiszadobon július 22-én 1 példányt fén...

Az Amphipyra cinnamomea (Goeze, 1781) ponto-mediterrán elterjedésű bagolylepkefaj. Életmódja kevéssé ismert, és a rendelkezésre álló adatok esetenként ellentmondásosak. Élőhelyei mezotermofilek, vagy melegek és szárazak. Hernyójának fő tápnövényei nyár- (Populus spp.), szil- (Ulmus spp.), lonc- (Lonicera spp.) és kecskerágófajok (Euonymus spp.). Az...

Az Antichloris eriphia (Fabricius, 1777) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) nőstény imágóját gyűjtötték 1986-ban egy raktárépületben, feltehetően banánszállítmánnyal érkezett. Elpusztult Cissura decora Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) nőstény imágót találtak Észak-Magyarországon, alkatrészeket tartalmazó csomagban. Virágokon szívogató Siproeta epaphus (La...

Boursinia discordans (Boursin, 1940) was collected on Cyprus for the first time during a trip in November 2021. Altogether nine males and one female were caught with portable light traps in the Troodos Mountains. Adults and genitalia of both sexes, as well as the habitat, are illustrated. With 7 figures.

Three new genera of the Conistra Hübner generic complex are described: Marcinistra gen. n. (Type species: “Conistra” metallica Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998), Baimistra gen. n. (Type species: Conistra (s. l.) baima Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2011) and Vargalorta gen. n. (Type species: Agrocholorta taiwanawae L. Ronkay, G. Ronkay, Gyulai & Varga, 2017...

Host plants and cases of several species in the genus Coleophora Hübner, 1822 have remained unknown until now, while the latter structures provide important characters for identification. Host plants and cases of Coleophora lessinica Baldizzone, 1980 and Coleophora impalella Toll, 1961 were discovered by the authors and are presented here for the f...

Az Antispila Hübner, 1825 génusz három fajának - a típusfaj, vagyis az A. metallella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), az A. petryi Martini, 1899 és az A. treitschkiella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) - honossága igazolt. Az A. petryi fajt az A. treitschkiella szinonimájának tekintették negyven éven át, és csak a legutóbbi időkben állították vissz...

Cydia interscindana (Möschler, 1866) has spread through several European countries in the past few years, becoming an invasive pest of ornamental trees. It was collected in Hungary for the first time in a pheromone trap set for Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758) in 2014. Here we discuss its recent distribution in Hungary based on intensive sampling b...

Az előadásokról videófelvételek készülnek, amelyek szerkesztés után felkerülnek a Szakosztály nyilvános YouTube-csatornájára. Ennek megfelelően a levezető elnök minden előadóülés elején bejelenti, hogy az előadások a továbbiakban videokamerával rögzítésre kerülnek, és a felvételeken történő megjelenést a hallgatóság tagjai az ülésen történő további...

The Northern Bakony Natura 2000 site (HUBF30001) was explored in 2017 and 2018 due to an assignment from the Balaton Uplands National Park Directorate. The area was visited five times, altogether 81 species of day-active Lepidoptera were registered on 73 localities. 20 species are protected by Hungarian national law and five species are included in...

A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum lepkegyűjteménye megrendüléssel fogadta a hírt, hogy egykori kurátora folyó év április 5-én, türelemmel viselt betegségben elhunyt. Dr. VOJNITS 1965-ben érkezett a múzeumba, ahol Dr. KOVÁCS LAJOS mellett, a Növényvédelmi Kutatóintézet biológusaként tevékenykedett. 1972-től muzeológusi munkakörbe került, majd lett...

Elophos vittaria mendicaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 is recorded for the first time from Hungary. Two males were collected in Esztergom, however, their data were published in 2001, they have remained misidentified since collecting. Identity of these specimens is clarified now thus E. vittaria mendicaria is proved to be a new taxon for the fauna of Hu...

A new species of Anorthoa Berio, 1980 is described from Vietnam, thus the number of the species in this genus is raised to ten. The new taxon bears striking differences in the female genitalia, compared to closely related species.

Two new species of Naarda Walker, 1866 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Hypeninae), N. merkli sp. n. from Sulawesi and N. vojnitsi sp. n. from Vietnam are described. The former species is closely related to N. bisignata Walker, 1866, the type species of the genus, while the latter one is similar in facies to several congeners, but its genitalia are remarkab...

Naarda scutigera sp. n. is described, based on three specimens from Nepal, Cambodia and Vietnam. The female genitalia have characteristic features, which appear only in one known congener. The new species was collected at low altitude, below 500 m, which is a poorly studied vertical zone for the genus. With six figures.

The updated checklist of the genus Nyctycia Hampson, 1905 is presented. The male genitalia of Nyctycia lama Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999, Nyctycia niveifera Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999 and Nyctycia nigriclava Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999 are described and illustrated. New distributional data for Vietnam is published for Nyctycia niveifera. The female genitalia of t...

Lehet-e még új lepkefajt találni itthon? – Sokan kérdezik ezt tőlünk, ha a lepkékről esik szó. Többféle válasz lehetséges, ezeket járjuk körül előadásunkban: 1. Magyarország területén újonnan kimutatott lepkék az elmúlt évtizedből (őshonosak, betelepülők, behurcoltak): Acontia candefacta, Athetis hospes, Spodoptera littoralis, Thysanoplusia orichal...

Az Archiearinae Fletcher, 1953 alcsaládnak világszinten 13, Európában 5 faja ismert, melyek közül a Kárpát-medencében 3 fordul elő: az Archiearis parthenias (Linnaeus, 1761), a Boudinotiana notha (Hübner, 1803) és a Boudinotiana puella (Esper, 1787). Jellegzetes, nappal repülő, feltűnő színezetű araszolólepkék, melyek hazánkban törvényi védelem ala...

A Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum 1802-es esztendőben történt megalapítását követően a lepkék már az első leltárkönyvekben jelentős számban feltűntek. Hamarosan megalakult a Természetiek Osztálya, ami egy évszázad múlva 1934-ben Országos Természettudományi Múzeum néven önállósodott. A még 1906-ban Schmidt Antal személyében önálló kurátort kapott lepkegyűjtem...

The bionomics and distribution of Scythris sinensis (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875) were studied in Hungary from 2004 to 2018. The host plant was found to be Chenopodium album L. The larva feeds on the leaves in a loose web. The length of the larval stage varies from 12 to 15 days, that of the pupal stage from 7 to 10 days of the summer generation. T...

The erebid moth Eublemma pannonica (Freyer, 1840) is a distinctive species of the Pannonian region. The species-group name panonica Freyer, 1840 is an incorrect original spelling what needs a rectification. This spelling has been forgotten until its appearance in the catalogue compiled by Robert W. Poole in 1989 for noctuid names and it is again in...

One specimen of Lythria sanguinaria (Duponchel, 1842) was found in a pet shop in Croydon, Surrey, England in 2019. Species of the genus Lythria Hübner, 1823 are not native to the British Isles, however, some old, perhaps doubtful records are known. Supposedly, the recorded L. sanguinaria specimen was accidentally introduced to Great Britain, probab...

2019. augusztus-szeptember fordulóján Budapest XXI. kerületében Csepelen lámpázással a Duponchelia fovealis ZELLER, 1847 (Crambidae) két hím egyedét észleltem, majd két újabb hím példány érkezett 2020 szeptemberében. 2020 júniusában Budapest belvárosában a Cacoecimorpha pronubana (HÜBNER, 1799) (Tortricidae) imágóinak tömegrajzását figyeltem meg. K...

In the second half of the 18th century, the influential Jesuit college named Theresianum ran an educational and scientific project for working systematically on the Lepidoptera occurring in the vicinity of Vienna, Austria. The teachers of the college prepared a document under the title “Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen...

The Nearctic leafminer of black walnut Coptodisca juglandiella (Chambers, 1874) was found in Hungary and reported as new for Europe. Larvae were found in leafmines on black walnut (Juglans nigra (L.)), white walnut (J. cinerea (L.)) and Arizona walnut (J. major (Torr.)); the latter two Juglans species are new host plant records for C. juglandiella....

Three larvae of the noctuid moth Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) have been found in Kistarcsa, Central Hungary in August, 2020. One caterpillar developed to adult stage, it is deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. This is the first record of this Afrotropical and subtropical species in Hungary. With 4 figures.

The collection of Tobias Koy (1757-1829) includes the oldest Lepidoptera specimens preserved in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, originating from the turn of 18th and 19th centuries. These are kept in individual glassine trays. Several trays contain a specimen of exotic (non-European) species, as well as of species discovered in Europe after t...

Several larvae of Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856 were found mining in lemon leaves in Kistarcsa, Central Hungary. Seven specimens emerged in August 2020. They are deposited as vouchers in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. These are the first records of the species occurring in Hungary. With 3 figures.

Dyscia innocentaria (Christoph, 1885) is reported from the Pannonian Region for the first time: altogether 16 specimens were found in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, collected in Deliblát (Deliblato Sands, Serbia) in 1895 and the 1910s by Hungarian lepidopterists. These are the oldest known D. innocentaria specimens from Serbia. With 7 figure...

One Charissa pfeifferi specimen and three specimens of Operophtera fagata were located in the Geometridae material collected by light trap in Prilep, Republic of North Macedonia, between the years 1971 and 1973. These species are considered new for the fauna of North Macedonia.

The moth Apamea platinea (Treitschke, 1825) is a nocturnal species described on the basis of specimens collected in the Carpathian Basin periphery. The type material is found in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, which is thoroughly documented by the authors. In a nutshell, it describes the life history of the species based on the available lite...

The material of Scopula spp. specimens (n = 1181) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum is revised in the light of recent publications. The museum hosts vouchers of three species from the white-coloured taxa of the “ornata speciesgroup” from the Carpathian Basin and six species from the Palaearctic Region. A historical specimen of S. orientalis,...

One Thysanoplusia orichalcea female specimen was collected in Szakály, Tolna county, for the first time in Hungary. Occurrence of the species in Hungary is not unexpected, and it could repeatedly migrate to Central Europe in the next years due to climate change. With 3 figures.

Lepkék… Sokunkat elbűvölnek ezek a szépséges rovarok, amint a réteken virágról virágra szállva nektárt kóstolgatnak, vagy a sötétségből felbukkanva letelepednek az éjszakai fényeknél – nem is szólva az átalakulás varázslatáról, amikor a falánk hernyóból mozdulatlan báb, majd gyorsan tovaröppenő, törékeny imágó lesz. A lepkék rendje a rovarok egyik...

A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum Kárpát-medencei Eupitheciini-gyűjteményét újra rendeztük. A régebbi törzsgyűjteményből és a beosztatlan anyagból összesen 81 faj 16571 példánya került elő, melyek mindegyikét meghatároztuk vagy határozását ellenőriztük, egyedi katalógus-számmal láttuk el, és adataikat adatbázisban rögzítettük. Külön felsoroljuk a...

The species Naarda postpallida de Joannis, 1929 is reported for the first time from mainland China. Naarda pectinata Sugi, 1982 is synonymised with N. postpallida on the basis of material from Vietnam. This species can immediately be recognised by its dark grey forewing, white hindwing and several genital characters. The female genitalia of N. post...

Data of 2597 specimens of 155 species collected in Korea from 239 collecting events representing the subfamily Larentiinae are presented. Five species, Electrophaes recens (Inoue, 1982), Horisme aquata (Hübner, 1813), Perizoma bifaciata (Haworth, 1809), Eupithecia inturbata (Hübner, 1817) and Eupithecia caliginea Butler, 1878 are new for the fauna...

Twenty species of Naarda Walker has been hitherto found in Thailand; all of them are listed in this work with reference to their first record from this country. Three species: N. inouei Tóth & Ronkay; N. lancanga Deng & Han and N. kinabaluensis Holloway are found for the first time in Thailand and their external habitus and genitalia are illustrate...

First records of Eupithecia oxycedrata from Hungary are presented. This species can usually be distinguished from similar species by the elongated forewing and parallel transverse lines; the row of large spines in the female genitalia provides unambiguous identification. Accidental introduction with host plant is considered to be the most probable...

The holotype of Eupithecia wettsteini Vojnits, 1974 was thought to have been lost, despite having been sought for many years without success. Eventually however in 2017, the genitalia mounted on a slide were located in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. In the original description , the moth itself was not illustrated, and the only available fig...

The taxon Naarda ineffectalis (Walker, 1859) has had an eventful taxonomic history; in certain periods it was even synonymised with the type species of the genus. Treated recently as a species distinct from Naarda bisignata Walker, 1866, i.e. the type species, its female form has been hitherto unknown. In this paper the female of the species is des...

Erannis jacobsoni sichotenaria Kurentzov, 1937 is recorded for the first time from the Korean Peninsula on the basis of one male specimen deposited in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. A key to the males of the Siberian and Pacific species of Erannis Hübner, 1825 are given. With 8 figures.

The hitherto unknown female of Hadennia kimae Holloway, 2008 is described. New data are added to the bionomics of the species and the variation of the male genitalia. With eight figures.

A Fiatalok Természetismereti Klubja (FTK), mely a Magyar Biológiai Társaság Ifjú-sági Szakosztályaként működik, 1988 óta végez különféle vizsgálatokat a fokozottan védett szőcei tőzegmohás területén és környékén. Már a kezdetektől rovarfaunisztikai kutatásokra is sor került, me-lyek idáig elért eredményeit jelen munkában foglaljuk össze. Mai napig...

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A Magyar Biológiai Társaság - Fiatalok Természetismereti Klubja keretében 2007 óta kutatjuk a kövi rák előfordulását. Poszterünkön eddigi eredményeinket foglaljuk össze.

Természetvédelmi szempontból jelentős, valamint invazív fajok állományának változása a szőcei lápréteken Magyar Biológiai Társaság, Fiatalok Természetismereti Klubja, 1088. Bp. Baross u. 13, ftkvezet@googlegroups.com

The first record of Geometra papilionaria L. from Greece is provided, extending the known area of the species in the Balkan Peninsula and raising the Geometrinae fauna of Greece to 18 species. A brief characterisation of the collecting site is also given. The voucher specimen is deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. With two...

A János-hegy csúcsa Budapest legmagasabb pontja, melytől légvonalban mintegy 350 m-re található a belső Budai-hegység egyetlen megmaradt (és egyben a Budai-hegység legnagyobb) tava, a Béka-tó. Az élőhely egyedülállóan értékes voltát felismerve a Fiatalok Természetismereti Klubja (a Magyar Biológiai Társaság Ifjúsági Szakosztálya) a tó környezetében...

Descriptions of ten new Naarda species, N. octogesima sp. n. (Thailand), N. laoana sp. n. (Laos), N. mirabilis sp. n. (Vietnam), N. vicina sp. n. (Philippines), N. atrata sp. n. (Thailand), N. plumbea sp. n. (Nepal), N. furcatella sp. n. (Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia), N. secreta sp. n. (Taiwan), N. huettleri sp. n. (Sri Lanka), N. palawana (Phili...

Description of nine new Naarda species, N. melistigma, N. nymphoida, N. sonibacsi, N. penicula, N. variegata, N. picata, N. lingualis, N. costicorna, and N. tetramacula spp. n. are given. With 26 figures on 3 plates. Please download the article until 5 May from http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1QiaE4MzBqoacc

Descriptions of 13 new Naarda species, N. cingulata (Thailand), N. imitata (Cambodia), N. hallasana (Korea), N. calligrapha (India, Burma and Indonesia: Buru Island), N. felinopsis (Vietnam), N. furcipalpa (Brunei), N. uthanti (Burma), N. capreola (Cambodia), N. leptosigna (Sri Lanka), N. nigrissima (Cambodia, Thailand and Taiwan), N. bicolora (Cam...

This first part of the monographic revision of the genus Naarda Walker (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) includes the general description of the genus, and descriptions of 28 new species from the eastern and southeastern Asia in the Oriental region. The genera Gynaephila Staudinger and Naarda are brought into synonymy, and Chusaris purpurisigna Holloway is t...

We revise the Naarda egrettoides species-group and describe and illustrate three new Naarda species: N. ardeola sp. n. (Thailand), N. egrettoides sp. n. (Thailand) and N. pocstamasi sp. n. (Vietnam).

During a tour led by the authors to Bulgaria and Greece in March, 2013, a total of 19 geometrid species were observed at five localities. Biston achyra Wehrli, 1936, Agriopis marginaria (Fabricius, 1776), A. leucophaearia ([Denis & Schiff ermüller], 1775) and Erannis ankeraria (Staudinger, 1861) were found for the first time in Greece. An entirely...

The genus Naarda Walker, 1866 has a tropical-subtropical distribution in the Old World, containing 48 species. Its systematic position has been doubtful – despite the obvious monophyly and the unique appearance of the group – authors have placed it in various subfamilies like Ophiderinae, Hypeninae or Herminiinae. The goal of this work is to give t...

Polypogon plumigeralis (HÜBNER, [1825]) is a Mediterranean species with a do-cumented vagrant inclination. Confirming a record by a not properly labelled old specimen it was observed in Hungary in August 2007, on Csepel Island, Budapest followed by 15 other observations at altogether 8 different localities. This led the authors to speculate that th...