Corresponding author: Olga Schmidt (
Academic editor: Axel Hausmann
The island of Öland, at the southeast of Sweden, has unique geological and environmental features. The Station Linné is a well-known Öland research station which provides facilities for effective studies and attracts researchers from all over the world. Moreover, the station remains a center for ecotourism due to extraordinary biodiversity of the area. The present paper is aimed to support popular science activities carried out on the island and to shed light on diverse geometrid moth fauna of the Station Linné.
As an outcome of several research projects, including the Swedish Malaise Trap Project (SMTP) and the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative (STI) conducted at the Station Linné, a list of larentiine moths (
The island of Öland, at the southeast of Sweden, is famous for its dominant environmental feature, an Ordovician limestone pavement, which is called the Stora Alvaret (= the Great Alvar). Alvars are semi-natural grasslands which have been formed and developed due to long periods of human influence, including grazing (
The Swedish Malaise Trap Project (SMTP), funded by the Swedish Species Information Centre (ArtDatabanken), is based at the Station Linné. The project aims to provide species determinations for the specimens obtained from Malaise traps sampling at a wide range of landscapes and habitats. For many groups, including geometrid moths, the final data release is still awaited. The present paper is aimed to present a first list of the larentiine moths collected at the Station Linné.
Material for study was mainly collected using a UV light trap (UV), a mercury vapor light trap (MV) and net sweeping (NS) by O. Schmidt in 2014 (June 24-29, July 1-4) and 2015 (July 20-31) in the Mörbylånga kommun, Skogsby, Station Linné (
Furthermore, material collected as part of the SMTP in 2007 and 2008 using a Malaise trap (MF) located close to the main building of the Station Linné (see
Additional material has been collected in the following locations: Borgholms kommun, Ismantorp; Borgholms kommun, Petgärdeträsk; Mörbylånga kommun, near Arontorp; Mörbylånga kommun, Gårdby; Mörbylånga kommun, Gillsättra_wet, Gillsättra_dry; Mörbylånga kommun, Jordtorpsåsen_wet, Jordtorpsåsen_dry; Mörbylånga kommun, Kalkstad; Mörbylånga kommun, Södra Sandby (Suppl. material
The genitalia of all small-sized moths were studied to correctly identify the species. The material was identified using the
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Totally, 192 species of
Most of the larentiine species were collected using a UV light trap. The exceptions are as follows: one specimen of
A series of specimens presumably belonging to the species
Malaise traps are effectively used for collecting small flying insects for many decades, after the trap has been described by
The study has been conducted at the Station Linné (Öland, Sweden) and at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM, Germany). Dave Karlsson, Pelle Magnusson and other participants of the Swedish Malaise Trap Project made additional material available for study. Axel Hausmann (ZSM) is thanked for providing access to the ZSM material and for acting as an academic editor of the manuscript. Jaan Viidalepp and Vladimir Mironov are kindly acknowledged for valuable comments on the manuscript. The present paper is a side product of research dealing with recording the fauna of Microhymenoptera related to the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative (STI) and conducted on the Station Linné. Christer Hansson (Lunds Universitet, Sweden) is thanked for discussions on the flora and fauna of Öland and assistance during field work. Stefan Schmidt (ZSM) is acknowledged for providing images of light traps and for advice and support.
UV light trap
MV light trap
List of larentiine moth species (
occurences
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