Poplar
2023, Issue 211, p. 15-20

Original scientific paper
DOI: 10.5937/topola2211015V
UDC: 595.78(497.11)

New findings of Diacrisia metelkana (Lederer, 1861) (Arctiinae, Erebidae, Lepidoptera) in Serbia


Dragan Vajgand 1*, Dejan V. Stojanović 2


1 Agroprotekt doo, Sombor, Republic of Serbia
2 University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Corresponding author:
Dragan Vajgand, E-mail: vajgandd@gmail.com


Abstract

Diacrisia (= Rhyparioides Butler, 1877) metelkana (Lederer, 1861) is a rare and local species in Europe. The data on new records of this species in Serbia are presented, for localities Sombor (Bačka) and Čardak – Deliblatska peščara (Banat). In Sombor, male was caught by light trap type "Bečej" (light source mercury lamp 250 W), on July 25th, 2001. In Čardak, a male moth was found by mercury lamp (400 W Philips ML lamp) on July 3rd, 2020.


Keywords: Diacrisia metelkana, Rhyparioides, Serbia, Sombor, Deliblatska peščara, Lepidoptera, fauna