Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 63(1), pp. 97–114, 2017 DOI: 10.17109/AZH.63.1.97.2017 NIGHT-ACTIVE MACROHETEROCERA SPECIES IN TRAPS WITH SYNTHETIC ATTRACTANTS IN THE VELYKA DOBRON’ GAME RESERVE (UKRAINE, TRANSCARPATHIA) Szabolcs Szanyi1, Antal Nagy2, Attila Molnár3, Krisztián Katona1, MiklÓs TÓth4 and Zoltán Varga1 1Department of Evolutionary Zoology, University of Debrecen, H-4010 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary; E-mails:
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[email protected] We allocated some new types of bait traps using different volatile aromatic compounds in the Velyka Dobron’ Game Reserve (Ukraine, Transcarpathian region) where light trap surveys on Macroheterocera were already carried out since 2009. The phenylacetaldehyde- based traps were especially effective for the species of subfamilies Plusiinae and Helio- thinae, while the members of some other subfamilies (Hadeninae, Noctuinae) were more attracted by the isoamyl-alcohol-based traps. The highest attractivity was observed in case of the mixture containing isoamyl-alcohol, acetic acid and red wine. The highest num- ber of species was observed in mid-July, but the peak of individual numbers appeared in early August. Majority of species of this assemblage was formed by bivoltine species connected to herbaceous food plants.