Changes in the noctuid moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae, Noctuidae) of the Karkonosze National Park (SW Poland) at the turn of the 20th century

Abstract

Faunistic analysis of records of noctuid moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Erebidae, Noctuidae) from the Karkonosze National Park (Karkonosze Mts., southern Poland) obtained at the turn of the 19th century, in the late 20th century and the last two years has revealed changes in this assemblage: 18 species were never recorded before in this national park, and 9 of them were new to the Polish Karkonosze Mts. as a whole. A further 11 species were found that had been recorded at the turn of the 19th century but not confirmed in the late 20th century.