New Records of Geometrid Moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) From Southeast of Turkey

Abstract

On the basis of the specimens collected in 2015-2017 from southeast of Turkey, an overview is presented on faunistic and distributional points of view. Twenty three species in 4 subfamilies have been discovered for the first time from the area. Endemic and widespread species in the field are mentioned. Comparison of the species number with neighbouring provinces is given.

The Geometrid Moths (Lepidoptera) of the Ancient City Hasankeyf (Batman) and a New Species for the Turkish Fauna

“…The specimens are kept in the collection of Entomology Laboratory of Biology Department, Faculty of Science and Arts, Batman University (BTU). The references used for diagnosis and terminology were Hausmann (2001, Mironov ( , 2013, Leraut (2009), Hausmann & Viidalepp (2012), Rajaei et al (2012Rajaei et al ( , 2017, Stadie & Fiebig (2014), Skou & Sihvonen (2015), Seven (2016Seven ( , 2017, , , Müller et al (2019).…”

“…Despite the fact that some research has been done on the Lepidoptera fauna in southeastern Turkey for the determination of the species, several places still remain unexplored. In comparison to the surrounding provinces, this research makes contributions to the fauna of the area (Seven 2014, 2019b, 2020, Akın & Seven 2020. The widespread natural vegetation of Hasankeyf is steppe formation consisting of rocky-stony mountains with sparse oak groves.…”

Karabük İlinin Geometridae (Lepidoptera) Faunasına Katkılar

“…Ematurga atomaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Material: Yenice, Bağbaşı 1.08.2011 900m 1 ♂ 41˚ 10' 31" N 32˚ 15' 34" E. Distribution in Turkey: Amasya, Ankara, Bartın, Bilecik, Bingöl, Bitlis, Bolu, Bursa, Çanakkale, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, İçel, İstanbul, Kastamonu, Kırklareli, Kocaeli, Manisa, Ordu, Sakarya, Samsun, Sinop, Sivas, Tokat, Zonguldak (Koçak & Kemal, 2018;Seven, 2020b). (Beşkardeş, 2012;Koçak & Kemal, 2018;Özdemir, 2019).…”

“…Selenia lunularia (Hübner, 1788) Material: Safranbolu, Örencik 22.07.2009 950m 1 ♂ 41˚ 23' 41" N 32˚ 47' 41" E; Yenice, Bağbaşı 1.08.2011 900m 1 ♀ 4 ♂ 41˚ 10' 31" N 32˚ 15' 34" E; 1.08.2011 935m 3 ♂ 41˚ 10' 19" N 32˚ 15' 29" E; Yazıköy 1.08.2011 500m 1 ♀ 7 ♂ 41˚ 9' 38" N 32˚ 21' 24" E. Distribution in Turkey: Adana, Amasya, Ardahan, Bartın, Bitlis, Bolu, Çanakkale, Düzce, İstanbul, Kocaeli, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Samsun, Sinop, Trabzon, Van (Okyar, 2010;Beşkardeş, 2012;Koçak & Kemal, 2018;Özdemir, 2019). İstanbul, Kırıkkale, Konya, Kahramanmaraş, Malatya, Samsun, Siirt, Tokat, Van (Koçak & Kemal, 2018;Özdemir, 2019;Çakır & Seven, 2019;Seven, 2020b).…”

“…It is also one of the 9 hot spots and 122 Important Plant Areas in Turkey floristically (Ayteğin et al, 2019) Studies on Geometridae fauna in the Western Black Sea Region started with Schwingenschuss (1939aSchwingenschuss ( , 1939b in Bolu province. Seven (1991Seven ( , 1995, Koçak & Seven (1996), Koçak & Kemal (2001, 2002, 2006a, 2006b, Akbulut et al (2003), Özdemir (2007), Can (2008), Okyar et al (2009), Akkuzu et al (2015) and Özdemir (2016, 2019a) can be given as important studies on Geometridae in close places to study area. The knowledge on Geometridae fauna of Karabük province is quite limited.…”