Gerhard Tarmann

Gerhard Tarmann
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The subfamily Procridinae of the family Zygaenidae includes five tribes: Thyrassiini, Pollanisini, Artonini, Cleleini, and Procridini. The karyotypes are known for three of them, viz. Pollanisini, Artonini and Procridini. This paper gives information about the haploid chromosome number (n = 12) of Rhagades predotae (Naufock, 1930) (Procridini). The...
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After the last revision of Procridinae (Efetov & Tarmann 2024b) this subfamily consists of five tribes: Thyrassiini, Pollanisini, Artonini, Cleleini, and Procridini. Hitherto, the karyotypes were known only for Pollanisini and Procridini. This paper presents information about the haploid chromosome number (n = 31) that is determined for the first t...
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A male specimen of Neochalcosia remota (Walker, 1854) with pin-label 'Sidemi' (now Yankovsky Peninsula in Primorskiy Kray (Primorye Territory), Far East of Russia) was found in the collection of Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Saint Petersburg). This is the second Chalcosiinae species from the territory of Russia.
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Paper in German language. English summary: As part of the EU Interreg IIIA project "XEROS: Networking of dry habitats and their users in the Vinschgau Valley", 23 dry grasslands in the Vinschgau Valley were examined in the summer of 2007 on behalf of Department 28, Nature and Landscape of the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol on the basis of the i...
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Ausgehend von dem im Jahre 1975 erschienenen Werk „Die Zygaeniden Nordtirols (Insecta: Lepidoptera) – Versuch einer Zusammenfassung des bisherigen Kenntnisstandes“ (Tarmann, 1975, Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum 55: 113–251), wurden vom Verfasser der hier vorliegenden Studie 43 Nordtiroler Lebensräume persönlich begangen und bei 29 die v...
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Two realistic Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 images were found by the first author in the paintings of two Russian artists Vasily D. Polenov and Arkady A. Plastov representing Zygaena lonicerae (Scheven, 1777) and Zygaena ephialtes (Linnaeus, 1767) (red peucedanoid morph) respectively. Polenov also depicted Amata nigricornis (Alphéraky, 1883) with some ch...
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The butterflies (Papilionoidea) and burnet moths (Zygaenidae) of Tyrol are being comprehensively monographed for the first time. Methodological foundations, habitats, and threat factors are thoroughly described. A comprehensive systematic section provides an overview of the involved families and details on the species. The species spectrum covered...
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Almost 90 years have passed after the last publication of a catalogue of the family Zygaenidae of the world (Bryk, 1936). At that time there was no correct understanding of the taxonomic, genetic and ecological framework of the subfamily Procridinae. Many species of this subfamily were included into the Chalcosiinae and Zygaeninae. A new contempora...
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A new genus, Pseudoinouela Efetov & Tarmann, gen. nov. and a new species, Pseudoinouela meyi Efetov & Tarmann, sp. nov., are described from the Philippines. The new species is named in honour of the German lepidopterist Dr W. Mey, who collected the type series.
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The Lepidoptera images in the ancient Egyptian tomb of Nakht have been studied. The opinion of V. Nabokov on these images is discussed. Most probably, not Zygaena sp. but the dimorphic butterfly Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1767) was the model for the ancient painters.
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Zygaenidae, also known as burnet, forester, smoky, or leaf skeletonizer moths, are a family of mainly diurnal moths well known for their aposematic colouration and the ability to release hydrogen cyanide as a defence mechanism. So far, few attempts have been made to understand the evolutionary history of the global zygaenid fauna. Here, we inferred...
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A new species of the genus Adscita Retzius, 1783, viz. Adscita (Tarmannita) antoniovivesi Efetov & Tarmann, sp. nov., was discovered in and is described from Spain. Information on biology and early stages is provided. The new species is named in honour of the Spanish lepidopterologist Dr Antonio Vives.
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Rediscovery of the eunival moth species Psodos wehrlii in South Tyrol after 86 years (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). The alpine diurnal moth Psodos wehrlii Vorbrodt, 1918 was considered lost in its eastern sub-area since 1935. After decades of unsuccessful searches, the species was rediscovered in 2021 in the Stilfserjoch National Park 86 years later....
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There is a confusion about the date of the description and the type locality of the vine-feeding Zygaenidae species that is known as Theresimima ampellophaga. The correct date and type locality based on the original description are provided and discussed.
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The genus Pollanisus is endemic for Australia. Its revision is mainly based on head studies and includes 21 known species and 7 new species, Pollanisus jumbun sp. n., Pollanisus yugambeh sp. n., Pollanisus horakae sp. n., Pollanisus worimi sp. n., Pollanisus kalliesi sp. n., Pollanisus jirrbal sp. n. and Pollanisus nocturna sp. n. Moreover, two spe...
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A new species, Piarosoma arunachalensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on external characters and the genitalia of two male specimens from Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. The new species is distinguished from other Piarosoma by a combination of: a) presence of large hyaline patches on the w...
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The systematic position of the recently described taxa: Jordanita (Roccia) scintillosa Zolotuhin, 2020, J. (R.) smaragdonna Zolotuhin, 2020, and Adscita (Adscita) albanica accola Zolotuhin & Nedoshivina, 2020, are discussed. J. scintillosa and J. smaragdonna are considered to be synonyms of Jordanita (Roccia) paupera (Christoph, 1887) and A. albani...
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A new subspecies, Zygaena (Zygaena) nevadensis gerrysila Efetov & Tarmann, subsp. n. is described from southern Italy (Calabria, La Sila).
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The Zygaenidae of Albania have been studied so far by netting and recently by using the semiochemicals. In our study, we implemented field experiments with sex attractants for some species of the genus Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 in the mountainous biotopes of northern Albania. The fauna of Zygaena was studied in June 2019 by using 35 attractant traps...
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The decline of biodiversity in general and of insect diversity in particular has been recognized as a major environmental problem in recent years. In this study, we analyze the distribution and the decline of populations of forester moths of the genus Jordanita in Central Europe since 1950 as a type example of the loss of grassland biodiversity, an...
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A rearing of Harrisinopsis robusta Jordan, 1913 (Zygaenidae: Procridinae) in Suriname is described. A cluster of 30-40 last instar, aposematically colored, larvae was found feeding on Hirtella paniculata (Chrysobalanaceae). Three females eclosed in April 2019 and two males in April-May 2020. The phylogeny of the Monalita-Harrisinopsis species group...
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Abb. 1: Wollköpfige Kratzdistel (Cirsium eriophorum (L.) Scop.). Die wichtigste Raupenfutterpflanze des Distel-Grünwidderchens in den Alpen. Foto: Gerhard M. Tarmann 225 EINLEITUNG
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Zusammenfassung: Der Neufund eines Männchens des Distel-Grünwidderchens Jordanita subsolana (Staudinger, 1862) im Mai 2019 bei Machtilshausen nördlich von Würz-burg erfolgte weit entfernt von heute oder früher bekann-ten Vorkommen der Art. Dies zeigt, daß diese überwiegend kryptisch lebende Art schwer nachzuweisen ist und daß ihre Verbreitung daher...
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Zoological collections remain the main archive of animal biodiversity on Earth, and especially in times of large-scale declines of many groups represent important resources for biodiversity and conservation research. The most important individuals of these collections are the type specimens, which represent the original and unique reference for a s...
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The paper presents qualitative and quantitative composition of the nucleotide sequences of the 5'-region of the first subunit of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase (COI) gene (decoded in the framework of the International DNA Barcoding Project) and the variability of the corresponding amino acid sequences in the genus Jordanita Verity, 1946. The...
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The enantiomers of 2-butyl 2-dodecenoate synthesised in the Crimean Federal University are known as the sex attractants for Procridinae species (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). These compounds, alone and in combination, were applied for studying the Zygaenidae fauna in Italy for four years from 2015 to 2018. We evaluated the effectiveness of the three fo...
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The full life-cycle of Rhagades (Wiegelia) predotae (Naufock, 1930) is described for the first time. The DNA-barcode of this species is provided. Prunus ramburii Boiss. as the larval host-plant is mentioned. Sobre la biología, ecología y primeros estadios de Rhagades (Wiegelia) predotae (Naufock, 1930) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Procridinae) Resumen...
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Eight species of Zyganidae collected from the Greek island of Samos between 2012 and 2016 are reported, together with brief notes, particularly in the context of the zygaenid fauna of neighbouring regions.
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Se describe, por primera vez, el ciclo de vida completo de Rhagades (Wiegelia) predotae (Naufock, 1930). Se proporciona el AND-código de barras de esta especie. Se menciona la planta nutricia Prunus ramburii Boiss.
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Hitherto, the early stages of Jordanita (Gregorita) hispanica (Alberti, 1937) have only been briefly described (EFETOV & TARMANN, 2003). In the present paper a more extended description is given, new data on the biology and ecology are presented and the early stages figured. Moreover, for accurate identification the male and female genitalia and th...
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Hasta ahora, los primeros estadios de Jordanita (Gregorita) hispanica (Alberti, 1937) solamente han sido descritos brevemente (EFETOV & TARMANN, 2003). En el presente trabajo se da una descripción más extensa, se presentan nuevos datos sobre la biología y la ecología y se dan los primeros estadios. Además, para la identificación exacta, se suminist...
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Artona (Fuscartona) martini Efetov, 1997 (black bamboo moth) was detected for the first time in Europe near Genova (Italy) in 2019 in bamboo naturalized area. In this area, the exotic bamboo plants have found suitable climatic conditions for growth and unseating other native forest species growing in fresh and humid environments such as hazel, popl...
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In Albania, the Zygaenidae family comprises a relatively rich fauna in the Balkans. They have been studied so far using specimens collected only by using entomological nets or by hand-picking. Two groups of sticky Delta traps baited with: 1) a synthetic sex pheromone compound of the Asian species Illiberis rotundata Jordan, 1907 and its opposite en...
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Comparison of historical and recent distribution of Chazara briseis and Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) in the upper Vinschgau valley (South Tyrol, Italy) shows a total disappearance of Zygaenidae in areas close to the valley bottom. From 2015 until 2018 a detailed survey took place about the occurrence and the local distribution of the butterfly Chazara...
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This is a printed version of a lecture that was given on the Bayerischer Entomologentag 2019 in Munich
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Data on Zygaenidae from the Caribbean island of Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, are provided. Three species are treated: Monalita calibana (Kaye, 1923), Stylura lamonti Tarmann & Cock, new species, and Seryda kairi Tarmann & Cock, new species.
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Zygaenidae are biological indocators to recognise pesticides in the environment, especially in the air. Wind transport is a major factor and the contamination can be seen far away from the apple orchards in Val Venosta in Italy and also in protected areas nearby (Text in German)
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Levuana iridescens Bethune-Baker, 1906, a day-flying moth purported to be endemic to the Fijian Island of Viti Levu and a former pest of its coconut palm trees, was last observed in 1956 and has been officially declared extinct by IUCN since 1996. The controversial classical biological control method that resulted in the (presumed) demise of this m...
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The present study provides a DNA barcode library for the world Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera). This study reports 1031 sequence data of the COI gene DNA barcodes for more than 240 species in four of the five subfamilies of the family Zygaenidae. This is about 20% of the world Zygaenidae species. Our results demonstrate the specificity of the COI gene seq...
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The vine bud moth, Theresimima ampellophaga (Bayle-Barelle, 1808), has been known as a pest on grapevine (Vitis vinifera) since ancient Roman times. Despite the fact that the vineyards are widely distributed in Albania, there are no clearly documented data about the presence of this species in this country. Delta sticky traps baited with the synthe...
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Faunistic data on 11 species of Zygaenidae from seven pre-selected research areas in Montenegro obtained during several trips in the year 2017 are presented. Photographs of adults of Jordanita notata, Zygaena punctum, Z. viciae, Z. ephialtes and Z. filipendulae are shown. Interspecific mating attempts by males of Z. filipendulae with females of Z....
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Sex attractants for Rhagades (Wiegelia) predotae (Naufock, 1930) and Adscita (Tarmannita) bolivari (Agenjo, 1937), two endemic Iberian Procridinae species (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae), are reported for the first time. During fieldwork in Spain in 2017 and 2018, the males of Rh. predotae and Rh. (Rhagades) pruni ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) were at...
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Se indica por primera vez, un atrayente sexual para Rhagades (Wiegelia) predotae (Naufock, 1930) y Adscita (Tarmannita) bolivari (Agenjo, 1937), dos especies ibéricas endémicas de Procridinae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). Durante el trabajo de campo en España en 2017 y 2018, los machos de Rh. predotae y Rh. (Rhagades) pruni ([Denis & Schiffermüller],...
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Based on morphological and molecular data, Ino budensis var. mollis Grum-Grshimailo, 1893, from China, so far treated as a synonym of Jordanita (Roccia) paupera (Christoph, 1887), is here recognized as a good species, Jordanita (Roccia) mollis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1893), stat. nov. This species is recorded as new for the fauna of Russia and Korea. An...
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The Zygaenidae fauna in some provinces (Aksaray, Karaman, Kayseri, Konya, Nevşehir and Niğde) of Central Anatolia was studied using attractant traps as well as by netting specimens in biotopes in 2017. The sex attractants for the Procridinae had been produced in the Crimean Federal University and were esters of 2-dodecenoic acid and isomers of 2-bu...
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A second generation of the vine bud moth Theresimima ampellophaga (Bayle-Barelle, 1808) is recorded from the northern Greek peninsula of Kassandra (Halkidiki). It was discovered on a systematic search for suitable habitats on the peninsula in September 2018 by using the sex attractant EFETOV-2 (the racemic mixture of (2R)-butyl 2-dodecenoate and (2...
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Arbudoides n. gen. and a new species, Arbudoides chuongi n. sp., are described from Southern Vietnam. A redescription of Heteropan analis Jordan, 1907, male, and the description of the so far unknown female are provided. Biological data on Arbudoides chuongi. sp. and other sympatric Chalcosiinae are included.
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The goal of this project was to compile recent field data about the butterfly Chazara briseis (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) and all burnet and forester moths (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) on the territory of the community of Mals/Malles in the Vinschgau valley/Val Venosta in Südtirol/Alto Adige in northern Italy. The result will...
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For more than four decades the Lepidoptera of South Tirol have been intensively studied by the lepidopterists of the Tiroler Landesmuseen. A core group of these studies are the burnets and forester moths (Zygaenidae). This group has also been studied by a number of amateur scientists for a long time. Due to their highly poisonous haemolymph most Zy...
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Sex pheromones are usually emitted by females and act as a signal to attract potential mates over long distances. Nowadays, sex pheromones are used for the monitoring of many moth species and may be exclusive to a single species, or shared between several related species. The Zygaenidae of Albania comprise a rich fauna. They have been studied so fa...
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To date, sex pheromones and sex attractants are fast becoming a key instrument in agriculture and horticulture for pest control as well as in ecology-faunistic investigations to monitor distribution, seasonal flight and population density of Lepidoptera species (Can et al., 2018; Efetov et al., 2010, 2011, 2015; Efetov, Hofmann & Tarmann, 2014; Sub...
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The fauna of Zygaenidae in some provinces (Niğde, Kayseri, Nevşehir, Aksaray, Konya, and Karaman) of the Middle Anatolia Region of Turkey was studied in 2017 by attractant traps as well as by netting of specimens in biotopes. The sex attractants for the Procridinae had been produced in the Crimean Federal University and were esters of 2-dodecenoic...
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Molecular phylogenetics has become an essential tool in modern systematic studies. ZYGMO project was induced in 2009 and at the current moment a database of DNA barcode sequences (mitochondrial CO1 gene) mainly of 658bp-length contains more than 240 species from the family Zygaenidae. As it was shown in previous reports, some problems in barcode tr...
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The family Zygaenidae is represented by 56 species in Turkey. The first studies of the family in Turkey are based on records from Bursa and Amasya performed by Mann in 1862. In the present study, 82 literature records on the Zygaenidae from Turkey between 1862 and 2018 were investigated. An attempt to study the distributions of the species accordin...
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Theresimima ampellophaga (Bayle-Barelle, 1808) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Procridinae), the vine bud moth, is a species occurring in the Mediterranean region and it has become partly harmful in vineyards. Albania, as a Mediterranean country, has the proper climatic conditions and geographic position for having vineyards, which are found from the sou...
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In the Ligurian Alps the three closely related species Adscita statices (Linnaeus, 1758), Adscita alpina (Alberti, 1937) and Adscita italica (Alberti, 1937) have their distributional borders. They meet in a so far unknown contact zone. In recent years it has been observed that there is a hybrid belt between A. statices and A. alpina in the western...
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This volume is dedicated to Gerry Tremewan, a famous Cornish entomologist who worked on Lepidoptera from the age of 12 until his death aged 85, specialising for over 60 years on the Zygaenidae. A foreword by his son Malcolm is followed by contributions from Emmanuelle Briolat, Roger L. H. Dennis, Eric Drouet, Konstantin A. Efetov, Axel Hofmann, Mar...
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The Zygaenidae fauna of the Thrace Region (European Turkey) was studied by using attractant traps as well as by netting specimens in biotopes. Esters of 2-dodecenoic acid and stereoisomers of 2-butanol were used as sex attractants. Sixteen Zygaenidae species from five genera were found: Theresimima Strand, 1917 (1 species), Rhagades Wallengren, 186...
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A new species, Thibetana keili Efetov & Tarmann, sp. n., is described from Tibet (China). The characters of this species are compared with those of Artona postalba Elwes, 1890 (from Sikkim, India). The latter species is transferred here from Artona Walker, 1854, to Thibetana Efetov & Tarmann, 1995: Thibetana postalba (Elwes, 1890), comb. n. Moreove...
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A new species, Thibetana keili Efetov & Tarmann, sp. n., is described from Tibet (China). The characters of this species are compared with those of Artona postalba Elwes, 1890 (from Sikkim, India). The latter species is transferred here from Artona Walker, 1854, to Thibetana Efetov & Tarmann, 1995: Thibetana postalba (Elwes, 1890), comb. n. Moreove...
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Zygaenidae species in the stone, pome fruit (Rosaceae) and grapevine (Vitaceae) areas of some provinces in the Middle Anatolian Region were examined by using sex-attractants newly synthesized in the Crimean Federal University.
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The hypothetical ground plan of the lepidopterous family Zygaenidae is reconstructed based on a review of the apomorphic characters of the Zygaenoidea. Five subfamilies are recognised and their characters discussed in detail: Inouelinae new subfamily, Procridinae, Chalcosiinae, Callizygaeninae and Zygaeninae. A review of the possible autapomorphies...
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We examined 581 specimens from the family Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the Balkans and the surrounding area (Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia) in the collections of Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb. Almost all species occurring in Croatia are represented in the collections of the Croatian Natural History Museum. Despite the small numb...
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We examined 581 specimens from the family Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the Balkans and the surrounding area (Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia) in the collections of Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb. Almost all species occurring in Croatia are represented in the collections of the Croatian Natural History Museum. Despite the small numb...
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A property of 2-butyl 2-dodecenoate as a sex attractant for the males of Jordanita (Tremewania) notata (Zeller, 1847) was proven in field trapping tests and behavioural observations in the Crimean Peninsula. It was shown that this substance is also attractive for males of some other Procridinae species, viz. Rhagades (Rhagades) pruni ([Denis & Schi...
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2-butil 2-dodecenoato ha sido sintetizado y sus propiedades como atrayente sexual para los machos de Jordanita (Tremewania) notata (Zeller, 1847) fueron probadas en trampas de campo y observado el comportamiento en la Península de Crimea. Se ha demostrado que esta sustancia también es atractiva para los machos de algunas otras especies de Procridin...