Review of the lappet moths’ collection (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) of the Museum of Nature of the Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University

Abstract

Complete annotated list of lappet moths (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) of the collection of the Museum of Nature of the Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University is given in the article. The material was collected mostly on the territory of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. In addition, single specimens from Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, Israel, and Tanzania are there. The collection consists of 659 specimens of 50 species of lappet moths. The half of lappet moths are the part of the butterflies’ assemblage of well-known collector A. S. Lisetskyi, that fully deposited in the Museum of Nature of the Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University.