Moths Caught in Traps during a Survey ofChoristoneura Fumiferana(Clemens, 1865) – Lepidoptera, Tortricidae – in Lithuania

Abstract

A survey for the North American spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens, 1865)) was carried out using sticky traps baited with a synthetic sex pheromone blend from 2002 to 2004. The traps were deployed at 90 localities throughout Lithuania: in parks, botanical gardens, forest trees nurseries and forest lots, where non-native coniferous trees were planted. No C. fumiferana were found, but a total of 88 other moth species were trapped and identified. Acleris ferrugana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) was the most frequently found species. Other species of trapped moths revealed new information on the Lithuanian fauna. Merrifieldia leucodactyla (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) moths, a new species for the Lithuanian fauna, were caught in six localities. Seven new localities were recorded for the occurrence of the following very rare species: Diplodoma laichartingella Goeze, 1783, Depressaria (Depressaria) sordidatella Tengstrom, 1848, Elachista (Elachista) consortella Stainton, 1851, Mompha (Mompha) st...