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http://dx.doi.org/10.5635/ASED.2015.31.4.296

Moth Fauna of Gageodo Island in the Southwestern Sea, Korean Peninsula, including Seven Unrecorded Species (Lepidoptera)  

Choi, Sei-Woong (Department of Environmental Education, Mokpo National University)
Kim, Sung-Soo (Research Institute for East Asian Environment and Biology)
An, Jeong-Seop (Department of Climate Change, National Institute of Ecology)
Kwon, Tae-Sung (Division of Forest Insects and Diseases, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Abstract
We surveyed moths on Gageodo island in the southwestern sea of the Korean Peninsula over three years (2009, 2012, 2013) and found a total of 253 species in 18 families. Geometridae had the greatest species richness, with 63 species, followed by Noctuidae, Erebidae, Crambidae and Sphingidae. The annual changes in species richness and abundance were not different and seasonal occurrence of species showed a unimodal pattern in which the numbers of species and individuals increased from April and May, peaked in June and decreased to September and October. Seven moth species (Pyralidae: Herculia drabicilialis Yamanaka, Didia striatella (Inoue); Crambidae: Clupeosoma pryeri (Butler), Demobotys pervulgalis (Hampson), Yezobotys dissimilis (Yamanaka), Syllepte cissalis Yamanaka; Erebidae: Hypena sinuosa (Wileman)) are reported for the first time in Korea.
Keywords
Gageodo island; moth; fauna; Lepidoptera; unrecorded species; Korea;
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