Data to the knowledge of the microlepidoptera fauna of the Sălaj-region, Transylvania, Romania (arthropoda: insecta)


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Article Title: Data to the knowledge of the microlepidoptera fauna of the Sălaj-region, Transylvania, Romania (arthropoda: insecta)
Authors: Szabóky C., Katona G., Bálint Zs.
Affiliation: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum
Abstract: We provide geographical, spatial and temporal data to the faunistical knowledge of the 123 Microlepidoptera species recorded in the region Sălaj. This is the result of 201 data of 24 collecting events assembled in the period between 25. April, 2014 and 10. September, 2015. The species represent the following families (with species numbers): Alucitidae (2), Autostichidae (1), Coleophoridae (7), Cosmopterigidae (1), Cossidae (1), Depressariidae (2), Epermeniidae (1), Ethmiidae (2), Gelechiidae (5), Gracillariidae (1), Hepialidae (1), Limacodidae (1), Lypusidae (1), Oecophoridae (2), Plutellidae (1), Psychidae (2), Pterophoridae (4), Pyralidae (38), Sesiidae (1), Tineidae (5), Tortricidae (39), Yponomeutidae (1), Ypsolophidae (2), Zygaenidae (2), amongst them 33 species are recorded as new for the region Sălaj.
Keywords: Microlepidoptera, Romania, region Sălaj, new records, faunistics.
*Correspondence: Bálint, Zs., Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13., H – 1088, Budapest, Hungary; email: balint@nhmus.hu