Novi nalazi livadnog moljca Euclasta splendidalis (Herrich-Schäffer, [1848]) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) u Hrvatskoj s osvrtom na faunu Pyraloidea iz doline Neretve

Authors and affiliation

• Danijela Gumhalter Azuritweg 2, D-70619 Stuttgart, Germany
• Mladen Kučinić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
• Mladen Vajdić Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Croatia
• †Franjo Perović Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
• Dragan Pelić Fixa Nikole Cara 7, HR-51260 Crikvenica, Croatia
• Gordan Lukač JU NP Paklenica, Dr. F. Tuđmana 14a, HR-23244 Starigrad-Paklenica, Croatia

Abstract

In the following paper, new information about the occurrence of the pyraloid moth Euclasta splendidalis (Herrich-Schäffer, [1848]) in Croatia is presented. Although this species from the microlepidopterous family Crambidae was presented as a new one in the Croatian fauna in 2012, three specimens were discovered during an examination of a large number of pyraloid moths collected by Mladen Kučinić in the 1990s. These specimens of Euclasta splendidalis were collected during several field trips to the Neretva Valley, south Dalmatia, in August 1996 and 1997 and are the oldest findings of Euclasta splendidalis in Croatia. Also, two specimens were collected during a field investigation in the same area conducted in 2016. These additional records suggest that this local and rare species has been present in the fauna of Croatia for quite a long time and that it has become permanently present in the fauna of Croatia. They also deepen the knowledge on the distribution of this species within the same area. Furthermore, a list of additionally recorded pyraloid species from the valley of the Neretva River is given.

Keywords

Microlepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Euclasta splendidalis, Neretva Valley, Dalmatia

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