Current issue: Volume 28 – 2024 doi: 10.24193/entomolrom.28
The Diurnal Lepidoptera Fauna in Buila-Vânturarița National Park: One-Season Survey Cristina Craioveanu1 & Octavian Craioveanu2 1Department of Taxonomy and Ecology Babeș-Bolyai University, Clinicilor 5-7, Cluj-Napoca, 400006, Romania. Babeş-Bolyai University, Centre for Systems Biology, Biodiversity and Bioresources 3B, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2Academic Cultural Heritage Department – Vivarium, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 400006, Romania e-mail: cristinacraioveanu@gmail.com, octavian.craioveanu@ubbcluj.ro article no.: ER28202401 doi: 10.24193/entomolrom.28.1 Summary: Diurnal Lepidoptera, mostly Papilionoidaea, is a well-studied group of organisms, and its faunas are usually relatively well-documented all over Europe. However, the Romanian Lepidoptera fauna still lacks species lists from various regions, including National or Natural Parks. Buila-Vânturarița National Park is one of the protected areas that previously benefited from the implementation of several EC-funded projects that produced a management plan in 2005 in preparation for legislative changes with Romania’s accession to the EU. However, the Lepidoptera species mentioned in this older management plan are just some of the few of the EC-Habitats Directive species, and there are still insufficient information about their distribution and conservation status. There are no checklists for the Lepidoptera from the Buila-Vânturarița National Park ever published. In this study, diurnal Lepidoptera from open or semi-open habitats were inventoried in the Buila-Vânturarița National Park. A method for efficiently sampling habitats is presented and analysed. The results produced a list of 64 diurnal Lepidoptera, representing approximately 80% of the species that should be found in the National Park Buila-Vânturarița. Additionally, three Natura 2000 species were found, not previously mentioned in the Management Plan. Key words: Sampling design, suitable habitat, species list, Papilionoidea, Buila-Vânturarița, Romania	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
First record of the horse chestnut moth Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hübner, [1799]) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) in Romania Mihai Stănescu1u 1The “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Șos. Kiseleff nr. 1, sector 1, Bucharest, Romania e-mail: mihaist@antipa.ro article no.: ER28202402 doi: 10.24193/entomolrom.28.2 Summary: Based on a specimen of the Aurelian Popescu-Gorj collection, housed at the “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, the horse chestnut moth Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hübner, [1799]) is reported for the first time in south-western Romania. This new occurrence improves the knowledge on the distribution of this species in south-eastern Europe. Rezumat: Pe baza unui exemplar din colecția Aurelian Popescu-Gorj, aflată la Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală “Grigore Antipa”, București, Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (Hübner, [1799]) este semnalată pentru prima dată din sud-vestul României. Această nouă descoperire îmbunătățește cunoașterea distribuției acestei specii în sud-estul Europei. Key words: distribution, horse chestnut moth	[details, abstract]	[pdf]