Current issue: Volume 30 – 2026 doi: 10.24193/entomolrom.30
Lindenia tetraphylla (Odonata: Gomphidae) first record from Romania and future perspectives Cosmin Manci1 & Amalia-Raluca Dumbravă2,3 1Oceanographic Research and Marine Environment Protection Society “Oceanic-Club”, Decebal no. 41, 900674, Constanța, Romania 2Iron Gates Natural Park, Orşova, 225200, Mehedinţi County, Romania 3University of Oradea, Doctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, Domain: Biology, Universităţii 1, Oradea 410087, Romania e-mail: cosminom@gmail.com, amalia_ralucad@yahoo.com article no.: ER30202601 doi: 10.24193/entomolrom.30.1 Summary: Lindenia tetraphylla, a species of dragonfly belonging to the family Gomphidae, is recorded for the first time in Romania. This study documents the discovery and discusses its potential distribution and future perspectives in Romania. Given the changing climatic conditions and habitat modifications, this finding raises questions regarding the species' range expansion and conservation status in the region. Key words: Lindenia tetraphylla, dragonflies, first record, conservation.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
An overview of the Romanian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera, Epermenioidea) summarizing the current knowledge in an annotated checklist Zoltán Kovács1, Sándor Kovács2 1Câmpul Mare 133, RO–530240 Miercurea Ciuc, România 2Oltului 57, bloc 6 sc. A ap. 6, RO–520027 Sfântu Gheorghe, România e-mail: kovkopp@gmail.com, skovacssandor@gmail.com article no.: ER30202602 doi: 10.24193/entomolrom.30.2 Summary: An up-to-date assessment of the Romanian Epermeniidae fauna is presented. A total of 16 Epermeniidae species are currently accepted and one species, Ochromolopis staintonella (Millière, 1869), is excluded from the checklist. Three species are recorded in Romania for the first time: Phaleurnis statariella (Heyden, 1863), Epermenia (Calotripis) falciformis (Haworth, 1828) and Epermenia (Epermenia) ochreomaculella (Millière, 1854). The presence of two species requires confirmation: Phaulernis dentella (Zeller, 1839) and Epermenia (Cataplectica) profugella (Stainton, 1856). A total of eight additions and other corrections are provided for the regional distribution of the Romanian fauna. We recommend that the information about the Epermeniidae in the latest Romanian checklist (Rákosy & Goia 2021) is replaced by that in this publication. Key words: Romania, Epermeniidae, faunistic overview, annotated checklist, first records, deleted species	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
The first record of Perigrapha (Rororthosia) rorida (Frivaldszky, 1835) from Romania (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) and new data from Bulgaria Sándor Kovács1, Zoltán Kovács2, Cosmin Manci3, Cristian Sitar4 1Oltului 57, bloc 6 sc. A ap. 6, RO–520027 Sfântu Gheorghe, România 2Câmpul Mare 133, RO–530240 Miercurea Ciuc, România 3Oceanographic Research and Marine Environment Protection Society “Oceanic-Club”, Decebal no. 41, 900674, Constanța, Romania 4Zoological Museum, Babes-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Department of Cluj, Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology, Clinicilor 5, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania e-mail: skovacssandor@gmail.com, kovkopp@gmail.com, cosminom@gmail.com, cristian.sitar@ubbcluj.ro article no.: ER30202603 doi: 10.24193/entomolrom.30.3 Summary: Perigrapha (Rororthosia) rorida (Frivaldszky, 1835) is recorded for the first time from Romania, based on 25 males and 1 female collected near Albești (Constanța County), within the Hagieni Forest Nature Reserve, on the nights of 30 March 2022 and 20–21 March 2026. The habitat is a mosaic of xerothermic sub-Mediterranean woodland, sub-Mediterranean scrub and steppe grassland on sun-exposed calcareous slopes, consistent with the known ecological preferences of the species. The specimens were identified using external morphological characters and genitalia examination. This new record extends the documented range of the species north-eastwards within its southern-European and Balkan distribution and highlights the importance of surveying xerothermic Dobruja habitats during the early flight season of vernal Lepidoptera. New data from Bulgaria and Greece are also presented. Key words: Noctuidae, Orthosiini, faunistics, first record, Dobruja, xerothermic habitat, Paliurus spina-christi.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]