First tentative checklist of Geometridae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of Kosovo

Abstract

ABSTRACT The Geometridae is the second most diverse Lepidoptera family in Europe but its diversity has not been studied evenly across the continent. In this paper, we present the first tentative checklist of Geometridae from Kosovo, which is based on the results from our survey conducted in the period March-October 2020 and the existing literature. During our survey we recorded 89 Geometrid species, among them, 13 have been recorded for the first time in Kosovo. Along with the literature records, the tentative Checklist of Geometridae from Kosovo contains 247 species or about 24% of species of this family present in Europe. We consider that this number does not represent the final number of Geometridae species but is just a baseline for further studies of this moth family in Kosovo.