NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 10 (2): 318-324 ©NwjZ, Oradea, Romania, 2014 Article No.: 141202 http://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/index.html New and rare moth species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Serbia Dejan V. STOJANOVIĆ1,2, Srećko B. ĆURČIĆ3,*, Ljubiša Ž. STANISAVLJEVIĆ3 and Saša S. ORLOVIĆ1 1. Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, University of Novi Sad, Antona Čehova 13, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia, E-mail:
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[email protected] Received: 6. July 2013 / Accepted: 10. January 2014 / Available online: 7. July 2014 / Printed: December 2014 Abstract. Data on 17 rare moth species from three superfamilies (Zygaenoidea, Noctuoidea, and Geometroidea) and five families (Heterogynidae, Limacodidae, Noctuidae, Erebidae, and Geometridae) are given in the present paper. One family (Heterogynidae), three genera (Heterogynis Rambur, 1837, Heterogenea Knoch, 1783, and Cervyna Ronkay, Zilli & Fibiger, 2005), and six species [Heterogynis penella (Hübner, 1819), Heterogenea asella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), Mythimna andereggii (Boisduval, 1840), Episema korsakovi (Christoph, 1885), Cervyna cervago (Eversmann, 1844), and Bryophila rectilinea (Warren, 1909)] are reported as new for the fauna of Serbia. The noctuid moth fauna of Serbia currently includes 572 species. Eleven moth species were recorded in low numbers at a few sites and are therefore reported as being very rare. The findings reported here are mostly the second or third records for the country. Four noctuid moth species (Mythimna andereggii, Episema korsakovi, Cervyna cervago, Bryophila rectilinea) are recommended to be included in the Red List of Serbian Noctuidae as vulnerable (VU) taxa according to IUCN criteria.