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Macrolepidoptera from the steppes of Dobrogea (south-eastern Romania)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2011
Authors:L. Székely, Dinca, V., Juhász, I.
Journal:Phegea
Volume:39
Start Page:85
Pagination:85-106
Date Published:2011
Other Numbers:Papyrus 8730
Keywords:BRAHMAEIDAE, HYLES, LASIOCAMPIDAE, LEMONIA, LEMONIIDAE, MALACOSOMA, ROMANIA, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1
Abstract:

"Based on material collected during 2007–2009, we report 225 species of macrolepidoptera from the steppes of Dobrogea (south-eastern Romania). Besides numerous rare species with particular ecological preferences, we report Tarachidia candefacta (Hübner, [1831]) (Noctuidae) and Rhodostrophia discopunctata Amsel, 1935 (Geometridae) for the first time in the Romanian entomofauna. Several taxa of high zoogeographical significance for the Romanian and European fauna are commented. The conservation status and interest of the steppe areas from Dobrogea is brought into discussion."

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