NIGHT-ACTIVE MACROHETEROCERA SPECIES IN TRAPS WITH SYNTHETIC ATTRACTANTS IN THE VELYKA DOBRON’ GAME RESERVE (UKRAINE, TRANSCARPATHIA)

  • Szabolcs Szabolcs Szanyi Department of Evolutionary Zoology, University of Debrecen, H-4010 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1
  • Antal Nagy Institute of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, H-4032 Debrecen, Böszörményi út 138
  • Attila Molnár Department of Biology and Chemistry, Ferenc Rákóczi II. Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute, UA-90200 Beregszász, Kossuth tér 6
  • Krisztián Katona Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary
  • Miklós Tóth Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1525 Budapest, Pf. 102
  • Zoltán Varga Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.63.1.97.2017
Keywords: bait traps, Noctuidae, phenylacetaldehyde, isoamyl-alcohol, Transcarpathia, faunal elements

Abstract

We allocated some new types of bait traps using different volatile aromatic compounds in the Velyka Dobron’ Game Reserve (Ukraine, Transcarpathian region) where light trap surveys on Macroheterocera were already carried out since 2009. The phenylacetaldehyde-based traps were especially effective for the species of subfamilies Plusiinae and Helio-thinae, while the members of some other subfamilies (Hadeninae, Noctuinae) were more attracted by the isoamyl-alcohol-based traps. The highest attractivity was observed in case of the mixture containing isoamyl-alcohol, acetic acid and red wine. The highest num-ber of species was observed in mid-July, but the peak of individual numbers appeared in early August. Majority of species of this assemblage was formed by bivoltine species connected to herbaceous food plants. The dominant species of this late summer period was Trachea atriplicis (second brood). It was sharply replaced by the monovoltine Allophyes oxyacanthae in September. The bulk of species of this early autumnal period was formed by monovoltine species with woody-shrubby larval food plants. Biogeographical spectrum of the assemblage was dominated by widely distributed Euro-Siberian species combined with significant presence of Mediterranean and Boreo-continental faunal elements. In the ecological spectrum of the assemblage the species connected to forested habitats are well represented but together with the presence of numerous generalist species.

Published
2018-12-13
How to Cite
Szabolcs SzanyiS., NagyA., MolnárA., KatonaK., TóthM., & VargaZ. (2018). NIGHT-ACTIVE MACROHETEROCERA SPECIES IN TRAPS WITH SYNTHETIC ATTRACTANTS IN THE VELYKA DOBRON’ GAME RESERVE (UKRAINE, TRANSCARPATHIA). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 63(1), 97-114. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.63.1.97.2017
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Vol. 63 No. 1 (2017): Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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