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DISTRIBUTION OF SOME EUROPEAN LEPIDOPTERA BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THEIR NON-ADULT STAGES PRESENTED THROUGH TROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS AND A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THEIR PARASITOIDS

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  • 1. Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia
  • 2. Sonneneck 7, 94051 Hauzenberg, Germany
  • 3. Department of Agriculture, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, Via de Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
  • 4. Jovana Popovića 72, 22300 Stara Pazova, Serbia
  • 5. Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Agronomy, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1111 Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 6. Faculty of Engineering and Management, University of Ecology and Management in Warsaw, 12 Olszewska Street, 00-792 Warsaw, Poland
  • 7. Asociación Española para la Protección de las Mariposas y su Medio (Zerynthia) Madre de Dios, 14-7D. 26004 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
  • 8. Bulevar Revolucije 33, 11224 Vrčin, Serbia
  • 9. Krležina 31, 52100 Pula, Croatia
  • 10. Museum Witt, Tengstraße 33, 81541 Munchen, Germany

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We examined 638 Lepidoptera specimens on the territories of 13 European countries in our search for parasitoids. We collected eggs, larvae and pupae. In total, 251 Lepidoptera species were identified, belonging to 169 genera from 30 families. Of the total sample, approximately one-third (32.23%) were parasitized. In 168 samples (26.42%), we identified only one parasitoid species per host. In addition to these data, 224 plant species from 114 genera were identified, of which the vast majority were feeding plants.

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