An annotated checklist of the Crambidae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Israel, with remarks on their distribution and phenology

Authors

  • Vasiliy D. Kravchenko The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies and School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801 Israel
  • Alexander Poltavsky Botanical Garden of the Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, Southern Federal University, 7 Botanicheskiy spusk Str., Rostov-on-Don, 344041 Russia
  • Andreas Segerer Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 München, Germany
  • Wolfgang Speidel Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 München, Germany
  • Günter C. Müller Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 München, Germany

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Israel, East Mediterranean, fauna, grass moths, pests

Abstract

The history of studies of the Crambidae in Israel is summarized. Prior to the pre­sent endeavour, 104 species of the Crambidae were recorded in Israel according to published surveys. Another 56 grass moth species have been found in the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv, thus increasing the Israeli fauna of the Crambidae to 160 species, although the historical record of Chilo suppressalis in Israel was apparently based on misidentification. A checklist of all species with remarks on their general distribution pattern, distribution in Israel, flight periods and host plants is compiled.

To cite: Kravchenko, V.D., Poltavsky, A., Segerer, A., Speidel, W. & Müller, G.C. 2020. An annotated checklist of the Crambidae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Israel, with remarks on their distribution and phenology. Israel Journal of Entomology 50(1): 85–129.

http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4247249
http://zoobank.org/References/365E262E-1F28-47FC-8938-356FF642D02F

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2020-11-05

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Vol. 50 No. 1 (2020)

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