A review of the plume moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) of Israel
Creators
- 1. Altai State University, 61 Lenin Str., Barnaul, 656049 Russia & Biological Institute, Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Prospekt, Tomsk, 634050 Russia. E-mail: petrust@mail.ru
- 2. Moscow Society of Nature Explorers, 2 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str., Moscow, 125009 Russia. E-mail: vasko-69@mail.ru
- 3. The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel
- 4. Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 5. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRC, Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infections and Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Contributors
Editor:
- 1. The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. E-mail: mike.mostovski@gmail.com
Description
Available information on the Israeli plume moths is rather scarce and outdated. Prior to our investigation, 41 species were recorded from the country. The material from the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv yielded another four species: Agdistis bellissima Arenberger, 1975; Marasmarcha ehrenbergiana (Zeller, 1841); Pterophorus pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758); and Wheeleria sobeidae (Arenberger, 1981). Five species are endemics or sub-endemics of Israel: Hellinsia aegyptiacus (Rebel, 1914); Hellinsia scholastica (Meyrick, 1924); Agdistis pygmaea Amsel, 1955; Agdistis nigra Amsel, 1955; Capperia fletcheri Adamczewski, 1951. The diversity of ecologies in Israel suggests that the plume moth fauna in the country may substantially increase through a targeted collection effort.
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- urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9D2CFF06-EC2A-4005-B67B-9299B6F3F749