CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ZYGAENIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA) OF TURKEY

Abstract

The aim of this article is to contribute to the recent distribution and systematic classification of Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) in 12 provinces in the Aegean, eastern Anatolia and Thrace regions of Turkey, with the records obtained in 2020 and 2021. Twenty Zygaenidae species from five genera belonging to Procridinae and Zygaeninae subfamilies were recorded: Theresimima Strand, 1917 (1 species), Rhagades Wallengren, 1863 (1 species), Adscita Retzius, 1783 (1 species), Jordanita Verity, 1946 (5 species), and Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 (12 species). It is the first record of Zygaena (Zygaena) ephialtes (Linnaeus, 1767) in Thrace region of Turkey since Herrich-Schäffer (1845). Zygaena (Mesembrynus) lydia Staudinger, 1887 endemic to Turkey, was also recently recorded in this study. In addition, Zygaena (Agrumenia) armena Eversman, 1851, which is known only in Turkey and Georgia, was also recorded from the province of Ardahan in the eastern Anatolia region of Turkey.