Lepidoptera of tundra habitats of the northern Kola Peninsula, Northwestern Russia

Abstract

Sampling of 10 sites in 1994–2006 along roads connecting Murmansk with Teriberka and Dalniye Zelentsy yielded 140 species of moths and butterflies. Epinotia immundana and Ortholepis vacciniella are recorded for the first time from the Kola Peninsula, which increased the regional fauna to 690 species. Although some arcto-alpine species have been collected (in particular Sparganothis praecana, Catastia kistrandella, Euphydryas iduna, Glacies coracina), the fauna was clearly dominated by species typical for the forested habitats of the central part of the Kola Peninsula. This result suggests that the ‘routine’ sampling in north-eastern tundra between Murmansk and Ponoj might not be as important in terms of biogeography as it has been expected. Instead, new collecting trips should be oriented to areas with special vegetation, primarily limestone or sandy areas which are more likely to support more eastern and/or arctic species.

New data on the distribution of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea et Papilionoidea) of the Kara river basin arctic tundra (Polar Urals

“…Despite the extreme climatic conditions of high latitudes, the level of species diversity is higher than in the similar latitude areas of the Murmansk region and the north of Fennoscandia. For example, in the north of the Kola Peninsula (68-69 degrees north latitude) in different types of tundra it can be found about 19 species of butterflies [Kozlov, Kullberg, 2008].…”

The first record of Boloria frigga (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) on Kolguev Island, Arctic Russia

“…For example, there are no records of this species from the Arkhangelsk Oblast (Kozlov et al 2014(Kozlov et al , 2017(Kozlov et al , 2020. The distribution of B. frigga is better acquainted for the Murmansk Oblast (Kozlov and Jalava 1994;Kozlov and Kullberg 2008), the Karelia Republic (Gorbach 2014), the Komi Republic, and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Bolotov 2011;Vlasova et al 2014;Tatarinov 2016;Kozlov et al 2019). Only two records of B. frigga are known on the Arctic islands of Northern European Russia, i.e.…”

Eana argentana (Clerck, 1759) en la Sierra de Ancares, Lugo, Galicia (España) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

“…Según RAZOWSKI (2002), en el sur de Europa sólo ocupa zonas montañosas, pero en latitudes más altas y frías puede habitar incluso áreas costeras soleadas (RYRHOLM & OHLSSON, 2003), prados húmedos o zonas de tundra a baja altitud (KOZLOV & KULLBERG, 2008).…”