Research Article

A study of the Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Central Anatolia, Turkey

Volume: 43 Number: 2 June 1, 2019
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A study of the Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Central Anatolia, Turkey

Abstract

The Zygaenidae fauna in some provinces (Aksaray, Karaman, Kayseri, Konya, Nevşehir and Niğde) of Central Anatolia was studied using attractant traps as well as by netting specimens in biotopes in 2017. The sex attractants for the Procridinae had been produced in the Crimean Federal University and were esters of 2-dodecenoic acid and isomers of 2-butanol: EFETOV-2 [racemic mixture of R- and S-enantiomers], EFETOV-S-2 [R-enantiomer] and EFETOV-S-S-2 [S-enantiomer]. Zygaena attractants were made at Canterbury Christ Church University using a range of acetate compounds with known attraction to various genera as originally identified by Priesner et al. (1984). Fourteen Zygaenidae species from four genera belonging to Procridinae and Zygaeninae subfamilies were found: Rhagades Wallengren, 1863 (1 species), Adscita Retzius, 1783 (1 species), Jordanita Verity, 1946 (4 species), and Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 (8 species).

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Supporting Institution

This study was supported by BAP with Project No: 16525, financed by Hatay Mustafa Kemal University of Turkey.

Project Number

This study was supported by BAP with Project No: 16525, financed by Hatay Mustafa Kemal University of Turkey.

Thanks

We thank Prof. Dr Şerafettin Kaya (Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey) for his great support during our fieldwork, to M. Y. Baevsky and A. I. Poddubov (V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, Crimea) for their help in preparation of esters of dodecenoic acid. This study was supported by BAP with Project No: 16525, financed by Hatay Mustafa Kemal University of Turkey.

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 1, 2019

Submission Date

January 14, 2019

Acceptance Date

May 6, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 43 Number: 2

APA
Can, F., Efetov, K. A., Burman, J., Kaya, K., Kucherenko, E. E., Ulaşlı, B., & Tarmann, G. M. (2019). A study of the Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Central Anatolia, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomology, 43(2), 189-199. https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.512580

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