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NAUJOS IR RETOS LIETUVOS VABZDŽIŲ RŪŠYS. 21 tomas
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NEW DATA ON SEVEN RARE SPECIES OF TORTRICIDAE
(LEPIDOPTERA) FOUND IN LITHUANIA
BRIGITA PAULAVIČIŪTĖ
1,2
1
Vytautas Magnus University, Department of Biology, Vileikos 8, LT-44404 Kaunas.
2
T. Ivanauskas Zoological Museum, Laisvės al. 106, LT-44253 Kaunas.
E-mail: b.paulaviciute@vdu.gmf.lt
Introduction
Tortricidae is a large family of rather small moths with more or less rectangular
forewings. Most hold wings roofwise over body at rest, many resembling bird droppings
and leaf fragments. Hind wings usually greyish brown. Larvae generally live in folded or
rolled leaves, but some tunnel in plants (Chinery, 1986).
The Superfamily Tortricoidea currently includes only one family, the Tortricidae.
The Tortricidae includes three subfamilies: the Tortricinae, the Olethreutinae and the
Chlidanotinae. There are about 364 species of Tortricid moths known in Lithuania. The
report presents information on seven rare species of Tortricidae moths recorded in
Lithuania in 2004–2008.
Material and Methods
Material was collected in different parts of Lithuania: in Jurbarkas, Kaunas and
Tauragė administrative districts. The material was collected using light trapping at night
(160W DRL type bulb lamp was used). Six species were collected by the author of this
report (B.P.) and one by Vytautas Uselis (V.U.).
Species were identified using identification guide (Razowski, 2001). Rarity
categories follow the checklist of Lepidoptera of Lithuania (Ivinskis, 2004). The
geographical coordinates were measured using a Garmin eTrex GPS receiver. The
material is deposited in the collection of Kaunas T. Ivanauskas Zoological Museum,
Lithuania.
List of localities
Jurbarkas district Viešvilė Nat. R. (1) 55°05'13"N, 22°25'04,2"E
Kaunas district Ringovė Ent. R. 55°03'05,1"N, 23°30'52,2"E
Tauragė district Viešvilė Nat. R. (2) 55°10'36,7"N, 22°27'58,4"E
Viešvilė Nat. R. (3) 55°10'45,6"N, 22°27'33,1"E
Viešvilė Nat. R. (4) 55°8'21,1"N, 22°27'28,2"E
Results and discussion
Acleris laterana (Fabricius, 1794)
Ringovė Ent. R., 16 08 2007, 1♂, (B.P.), caught by light trap in forest edge of mixed
forest.
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This species is widely distributed in Palearctic region, known from Europe to eastern
China and Japan (Razowski, 2001; Aarvik, 2007). It occurs in moist forest areas and
floodplain forests. Locally fairly abundant. Larvae feed polyphagously on Rosaceae,
Ericaceae spp., Salix, Populus, Vaccinium, etc. (Ivinskis, 2004; Patočka & Turčani,
2005).
Dichrorampha consortana (Stephens, 1852)
Viešvilė Nat. R. (4), 08 07 2008 (B.P.), caught by light trap in the mixed forest.
This species in Europe is known from Estonia (Jürivete et al., 2000), Finland
(Kullberg et al., 2001), Hungary (Fazekas, 2007), Britain, Czech Republic, Germany,
Ireland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden,
Switzerland and the Nederlands (Aarvik, 2007), but is local in all its range (Razowski,
2001). This species is very rare in Lithuania. Earlier the occurrence of this species in
Lithuania was noted only by Ulmer in 1917 (Ulmer et al. 1917). Species occurs in open
biotopes: meadows, pasture and roadsides. Larvae feed on Asteraceae plants (Razowski,
2001). Moths fly from July to September (Ivinskis, 2004).
Eana incanana (Stephens, 1852)
Viešvilė Nat. R. (1), 16 07 2007, 2♂, (B.P.), caught by light trap in swamp meadow
near the Viešvilė river.
This species is widely distributed in Palearctic region, but is not frequent in Europe
(Razowski, 2001; Aarvik, 2007). This polyphagous species occurs mainly in the forests
edges and meadows. Larvae feed on Asteraceae, Liliaceae Vacciniaceae, Salicaceae and
Leucanthemum (Ivinskis, 2004; Razowski, 2001). There are only few records of E.
incanana from Lithuania. It is registered in Kėdainiai, Kretinga, Šiauliai, Ukmergė and
Zarasai administrative districts (Ivinskis, 2004).
Eupoecilia ambiguella (Hübner, 1796)
Viešvilė Nat. R. (2), 07 06 2004, 1♂, (V.U.). Caught by light trap in Alnus glutinosa
forest.
This transpalearctic species is widely distributed in Middle Europe (Razowski, 2001;
Aarvik, 2007). The species are local and mainly found in the forest edges, shrubby
places and floodplain forests. Larvae feed in fruits of various bushes and climbers, like
Swida, Rhamnus, Hedera, Vitis, Frangula and Crataegus (Ivinskis, 2004; Patočka &
Turčani, 2005).
Gypsonoma oppressana (Treitschke, 1835)
Viešvilė Nat. R. (3), 15 05 2007, 1♂, (B.P.), caught by light trap in the forest edge.
This species is distributed in all Europe as well as in the Caucasus, Kazakhstan and
Tajikistan (Razowski, 2001; Aarvik, 2007). It occurs in forest edges and roadsides.
Larvae feed on Populus spp. (Patočka & Turčani, 2005). There are only few records in
Jonava, Kaunas, Švenčionys and Vilnius administrative districts (Ivinskis, 2004).
Phiaris dissolutana (Stange, 1866)
Viešvilė Nat. R. (4), 31 07 2008, 2♂, (B.P.), caught by net in the mixed forest.
This species is rare and local in all range of distribution, known in Middle Europe,
Kazakhstan and Asia (Razowski, 2001; Aarvik, 2007). Species occurs in coniferous and
mixed forests. Larvae feed on moss (Polytrichium, Musci) and coniferous trees (Ivinskis,
2004; Razowski, 2001).
Philedonides lunana (Thunberg, 1784)
Viešvilė Nat. R. (3), 15 04 2008, 1♂, (B.P.), caught by light trap in the forest edge.
Palearctic species, distributed in all Europe to Caucasus, Siberia, Kazakhstan and
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Mongolia. This species is rare throughout all Europe (Razowski, 2001; Aarvik, 2007).
Species occurs in dry meadows. Larvae are polyphagous and feed on grasses and low
growing woody plants: Potentilla, Mentha, Trollus, Vaccinium, and Calluna (Ivinskis,
2004; Patočka & Turčani, 2005). There are only few records of this species from
Lithuania: Jurbarkas, Molėtai and Vilnius administrative districts (Ivinskis, 2004).
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Nauji duomenys apie retas Tortricidae šeimos (Lepidoptera) rūšis Lietuvoje
B. PAULAVIČIŪTĖ
Santrauka
Tortricidae yra viena gausiausių rūšimis mikrodrugių šeimų. Šiuo metu Lietuvoje
žinomos 364 šios šeimos drugių rūšys. Straipsnyje pateikiami duomenys apie 7 retas
Tortricidae šeimos drugių rūšis, užregistruotas 2004–2008 metais. Kiekvienai rūšiai
pateiktos sugavimo vietos, datos, individų skaičius, paplitimas, buveinės ir mitybiniai
augalai. Dichrorampha consortana iki šiol Lietuvoje buvo žinoma tik iš vieno individo,
sugauto daugiau kaip prieš 90 metų Ignalinos apylinkėse.
Received: October 19, 2009
