DISTRIBUTION OF SOME EUROPEAN LEPIDOPTERA BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THEIR NON-ADULT STAGES PRESENTED THROUGH TROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS AND A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THEIR PARASITOIDS

Authors

  • Vladimir Žikić Faculty of Sciences and MathematicsUniversity of Niš
  • Rudolf Ritt Sonneneck 7, 94051 Hauzenberg
  • Marco Colacci Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, Via de Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
  • Boženka Hric Jovana Popovića 72, 22300 Stara Pazova, Serbia
  • Saša Stanković Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia
  • Marijana Ilić Milošević Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia
  • Maja Lazarević Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia
  • Katarina Kos Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Agronomy, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1111 Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Dawid Marczak Faculty of Engineering and Management, University of Ecology and Management in Warsaw, 12 Olszewska Street, 00-792 Warsaw, Poland
  • Yeray Monasterio León Asociación Española para la Protección de las Mariposas y su Medio (Zerynthia) Madre de Dios, 14-7D. 26004 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
  • Mihailo Vujić Bulevar Revolucije 33, 11224 Vrčin, Serbia
  • Roman Maglić Krležina 31, 52100 Pula, Croatia
  • Josef de Freina Museum Witt, Tengstraße 33, 81541 Munchen, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281//zenodo.3529669

Keywords:

diversity, Lepidoptera, eggs, caterpillars, pupae, feeding plants, parasitoids

Abstract

We examined 638 Lepidoptera specimens on the territories of 13 European countries in our search for parasitoids. We collected eggs, larvae and pupae. In total, 251 Lepidoptera species were identified, belonging to 169 genera from 30 families. Of the total sample, approximately one-third (32.23%) were parasitized. In 168 samples (26.42%), we identified only one parasitoid species per host. In addition to these data, 224 plant species from 114 genera were identified, of which the vast majority were feeding plants.

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Published

2019-11-05

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2019)

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DISTRIBUTION OF SOME EUROPEAN LEPIDOPTERA BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THEIR NON-ADULT STAGES PRESENTED THROUGH TROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS AND A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THEIR PARASITOIDS. (2019). Acta Entomologica Serbica, 24(2), 11-41. https://doi.org/10.5281//zenodo.3529669

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