AN EXTENSIVE STUDY ON MACRO-HETEROCERA (LEPIDOPTERA) FAUNA OF BOTAN VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, TURKEY

Year 2023, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 1 - 15, 26.06.2023

Erdem Seven

https://doi.org/10.51477/mejs.1027530

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This paper presents a faunal list of Macro-Heterocera species from the Botan Valley National Park, which is Turkey’s 45th national park, consists of approximately 120 thousand acres and 29 kilometers in south-eastern Turkey, comprising the superfamilies Bombycoidea, Drepanoidea, Geometroidea, Lasiocampoidea, Noctuoidea. The area has scarcely been investigated before. This study contains the first comprehensive faunal list of macro-moths of Botan Valley National Park. Totally 135 Lepidoptera species were determined. Among them, 99 moth species are newly reported from the Botan Valley National Park, and 6 of them are new discovered from Siirt province. Examined samples and the location of each species are presented. Sites information and collection dates are mentioned.

Keywords

Fauna, Moth, Distribution, Botan Valley National Park, Turkey

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