New and rare moth species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Serbia

Abstract

© NwjZ, Oradea, Romania, 2014. Data on 17 rare moth species from three superfamilies (Zygaenoidea, Noctuoidea, and Geometroidea) and five families (Heterogynidae, Limacodidae, Noctuidae, Erebidae, and Geometridae) are given in the present paper. One family (Heterogynidae), three genera (Heterogynis Rambur, 1837, Heterogenea Knoch, 1783, and Cervyna Ronkay, Zilli & Fibiger, 2005), and six species [Heterogynis penella (Hübner, 1819), Heterogenea asella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), Mythimna andereggii (Boisduval, 1840), Episema korsakovi (Christoph, 1885), Cervyna cervago (Eversmann, 1844), and Bryophila rectilinea (Warren, 1909)] are reported as new for the fauna of Serbia. The noctuid moth fauna of Serbia currently includes 572 species. Eleven moth species were recorded in low numbers at a few sites and are therefore reported as being very rare. The findings reported here are mostly the second or third records for the country. Four noctuid moth species (Mythimna andereggii, Episema korsakovi, Cervyna cervago, Bryophila rectilinea) are recommended to be included in the Red List of Serbian Noctuidae as vulnerable (VU) taxa according to IUCN criteria.