<span lang="EN">Contribution to knowledge of the Balkan Lepidoptera II (Lepidoptera: Macrolepidoptera)</span>

Abstract

Perizoma obsoletata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) is shown to be a part of the Balkan fauna. Pabulatrix pabulatricula (Brahm, 1791) is new for the Western Balkans. One genus and 12 species are new and 20 species are reported for the second time for Albania. For Montenegro, one genus and eight species are new and two species are recorded for the first time. One genus and four species are new for the Republic of North Macedonia and another five species are reported for the second time from that country. One genus and three species are new for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Four species are reported for the second time and two for the third time for Serbia. Localities for Charissa pfeifferi (Wehrli, 1926) in Bulgaria are recorded for the first time. Data for some other interesting species from these countries and Greece are also presented. Most specimens were collected at light in 2019. Illustrations of specimens and their genitalia are given when necessary. Everted vesicas of some Geometridae species are illustrated for the first time.

Contribution to knowledge of the Balkan Lepidoptera III

“…Here Ch. glaucinaria is reported for a second time from Montenegro from where it was reported as a new species for the country also from Durmitor, Nadgorje, 1735m (Beshkov & Nahirnić-Beshkova 2021a). Charissa supinaria (Mann, 1854) Bulgaria, Slavyanka (Alibotoush) Mts, above Goleshovo Village, between "Livade" and Golyam Tsarev Vrah summit, 1100-2100m, 15.VI.1997 32).…”

“…Charissa supinaria (Mann, 1854) Bulgaria, Slavyanka (Alibotoush) Mts, above Goleshovo Village, between "Livade" and Golyam Tsarev Vrah summit, 1100-2100m, 15.VI.1997 32). Second report for Montenegro from where it was reported as new for the country from the Gulf of Kotor in August (Beshkov & Nahirnić-Beshkova 2021a). A new species for the Republic of North Macedonia and second record for Serbia.…”

Paracossulus thrips (Hübner, 1818) (Cossidae) and Lignyoptera fumidaria (Hübner, 1825) (Geometridae) – two Lepidoptera genera new for Serbia with a review of the distribution of these two Habitats Directive species in the Balkan Peninsula

“…They determined the habitat there as 02E1 Mountain petrophytic steppes with Stipa, Silene, Saturea, Artemisia alba, Amygdalus nana, Centaurea, Limonium, Crataegus, and Rosa. According to Beshkov & Nahirnić-Beshkova (2021) the locality Resselets near Tcherven Bryag (Beshkov, 1995) is doubtful and should be discounted. Over the last eighty years P. thrips was collected in the early and middle 1990s only in Balchik area (Beshkov, 2011) and recently in Dragoman Natura 2000 protected area (Beshkov & Nahirnić-Beshkova, 2021).…”

Dyscia intermedia sp. n. – a new Geometrid species from Europe (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)

“…Dyscia innocentaria sicanaria (Oberthür, 1923), downgraded to subspecies-level in Trusch & Erlacher (2003), is widespread in the Balkans. In recent years it has been reported also from several localities in Serbia (Beshkov, 2015;Beshkov & Nahirnić, 2016, 2017Tóth, 2020;Beshkov & Nahirnić-Beshkova, 2021). Dyscia raunaria is a European species with Central-Mediterranean distribution (Skou & Sihvonen, 2015), known from the Balkans and North Italy.…”