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Dioszeghyana Schmidtii (Diószeghy 1935), and Survey Its Presence and Abundance (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Hadeninae) JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE, 56, 2010 (3): 120–128 How to identify larvae of the protected species: Dioszeghyana schmidtii (Diószeghy 1935), and survey its presence and abundance (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Hadeninae) M. Turčáni1, J. Patočka1†, J. Kulfan2 1Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic 2Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen, Slovakia ABSTRACT: Dioszeghyana schmidtii (Diószeghy 1935), is forest species protected by European Union. Its distribution has been studied essentially by the use of light traps. However, its biology and habitat preferences are not sufficiently known and thus its habitats may be damaged by forest management. We suggest the beating method in order to collect larvae as an useful way to record and to survey D. schmidtii. Larvae of the species can be collected by beating branches of its host plants (Quercus and Acer species) in the lower canopy (below 3 m). Optimal survey time would be the sec- ond half of May and the first half of June. Differences between the larvae of D. schmidtii and 16 similar lepidopterid larvae, as well as, Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera) species living at the same time on the same trees are described and figured in a key to identification. The method described in the paper allows one to identify larvae in the field. Results are discussed. Keywords: beating method; Dioszeghyana schmidtii; Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC; larvae identification; lepidoptera The Council of the European Communities has Annex IV (animal and plant species of EU interest adopted the Directive 92/43/EEC (http://europa. in need of strict protection) of the directive. eu/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l28076.htm) 21 May 1992 The imagines of this species occur in March to (Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC) on the conservation May (Fajčík 1998; Nowacki 1998; Korompai of natural habitats, and of wild fauna and flora. One 2006), especially so in the second half of April. The of the goals of the directive is to maintain or restore, flight period is usually short (Ronkay et al. 2001). at favourable conservation status, fauna and flora Larvae are to be found May to June (Fajčík 1998, of EU interest. Member countries of the European personal observation). Known larval food-plants Union, thus, should study and regularly survey include: Quercus spp. (König 1971; Fajčík 1998; these species, and their habitat requirements should Marek personal observation), as well as, Acer be known. Dioszeghyana schmidtii (Lepidoptera: tataricum (Nowacki 1998; Ronkay et al. 2001). Noctuidae) is listed in ANNEX II (animal and plant Rákosy (1996) reported Acer, in addition to Quer- species of EU interest, whose conservation requires cus species, as food-plants. According to Korompai the designation of special conservation areas) and in (2006), the main larval food-plants are: Acer tatari- Supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Project No. QH 71094 and by the Scientific Grant Agency (VEGA) of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Science, Grant No. 2/6007/6. 120 J. FOR. SCI., 56, 2010 (3): 120–128 cum and A. campestre. However, in larval ecology similar habitats at the same time of year. We also and in larval food-plants are still some doubts. In present a simple recording and survey method for terms of habitat preferences; D. schmidtii is to be this species in its larval stage, together with the ad- found in xerothermic forests and forest-steppes, it vantages of such. also occurs in managed forests (Korompai 2006). The species is reported from Hungary, southern matERIal and MEthODS Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, northern Greece and Turkey (central Anatolia) (Ronkay et al. 2001). The To obtain D. schmidtii larvae it is recommended species’ distribution has been intensively studied to simply beat the bottom branches of the food- in Hungary in recent years (cf. Korompai, Kozma plant up to 3 m above ground level. The larvae 2004; Korompai 2006; Szabó et al. 2007). Since of this species, like related species of the genus the species has also been taken in south-western Orthosia Ochsenheimer, 1816, are to be found Slovakia close to the border with Austria and the mainly on individual trees which are not necessar- Czech Republic, it is safe to assume that D. schmidtii ily tall, and may, or may not be bushy, growing on also occurs in the frontier zones of those two latter edges of forest stands (or on branches of solitary countries. trees in forest-steppes). We have recorded this This species has been recorded mainly from species in southern Slovakia by beating larvae light traps (König 1971; Korompai, Kozma 2004; from the bottom branches of Quercus cerris and Korompai 2006; Szabó et al. 2007). Imagines of Q. pubescens in the years 2002–2004 and also in D. schmidtii are rather similar to related species, 2007–2008. We have never recorded this species of the genus Orthosia (e.g. O. cruda), its specific on either Acer tataricum or A. campestre, in spite external characters (habitus), and/or pictures, are of the fact we have focused on these trees, which often published in the bibliography (Rákosy 1996; are included as larval food-plants. The occurrence Fajčík 1998; Nowacki 1998; Ronkay et al. 2001; of D. schmidtii in the northern part of its distribu- Korompai 2006). In contrast, D. schmidtii larvae tional area it would be expected in the following have been studied only rarely. A detailed descrip- habitats defined by Natura 2000: 91G0 Pannonic tion of the larva (Turkish stock) was published woods with both Quercus petraea and Carpinus (Beck 1999a,b; 2000a,b), in addition, descriptions of betulus; 91H0 Pannonian woods with Quercus younger larval instars were put together by König pubescens; 91I0 Euro-Siberian steppic woods with (1971). Identification keys to establish the most sali- Quercus spp., and 91M0 Pannonian-Balkanic Tur- ent larval characteristics of D. schmidtii, and at the key Oak-Sessile Oak forests (Viceníková, Polák same time, distinguish it from similar species in the 2003). The I. instar larvae are very similar to other field, has yet to be published. related noctuid species; the II. instar larva already Imagines of Orthosia s.l. need food prior to ovi- has typical external features (König 1971), such position and pairing. They are relatively long-lived characteristics are visible well up to the V. instar. (Patočka 1950) and fly to nectar sources provided This means in practice, that larvae longer than 5 essentially by willow catkins (Salix sp.) which are mm are possible to identify in the wild, but an op- blooming in early spring (Patočka 1950). So, if ob- timal length would be over 10 mm, when it is not servations to date have been facilitated by light-trap- necessary to use a magnifying glass. The optimal caught moths, it must be emphasized that where time for survey and identification of larvae is the light traps are placed does not necessarily mean that second half of May until the first half of June. This the moths’ usual habitat coincides with where they period is defined phenologically in the following were taken in such traps (those two habitats may be terms: the end of Malus spp. and Crataegus spp. completely different), if we consider that the moths blossoming up to the flowering of Rosa canina and are highly mobile, it is necessary to be more precise Tilia cordata. in order to determine the habitats where the species Larvae of D. schmidtii are often accompanied on lives, and in so doing, protect the self-same habitats. oaks, maples and hornbean by other larvae of sever- For this reason, it is imperative to study and survey al Lepidopterids (as well as larvae of Hymenoptera: larvae, and not only adults. The results of such stud- Symphyta; Tenthredinidae), which are more-or- ies allow a better guarantee of protection of this less similar to D. schmidtii. The identification key species’ habitats, and it alone. we have put together allows one to identify larva We describe the larval characteristics of D. schmidtii of D. schmidtii, and separate it from more-or-less in this paper, which can be used in order to separate similar larvae which are of ochre, reddish, brown this species from similar larvae which may live in or black in colour, or else are cryptic. J. FOR. SCI., 56, 2010 (3): 120–128 121 RESUltS Living on oaks mainly, young larvae gregarious in tents Identification of larvae 6(4) Lines dorsally and laterally formed by longitudi- nal rows of conspicuous white spots. Colouration 1 Larva with 2–5 pairs of abdominal legs and 5 pairs dark reddish-brown to blackish-brown Dicycla oo of stemmata on sides of head (Lepidoptera lar- (Linnaeus 1758) (Fig. 6). vae) 2. Living on oaks, often among spun-leaves – Larva with more than 5 pairs of abdominal legs – Dorsally, and often also laterally line less con- and with 1 stemma on sides of head larvae of spicuous, or formed by continuous, not inter- Tenthredinidae. rupted stripe. If laterally line with white spots, 2 (1) Larva with 5 pairs of fully-developed abdominal absent on dorsal line 7. legs, each with longitudinal row of hooks. Dorsally 7(6) Laterally line with white spots, these bigger with only individual, often inconspicuous setae and more conspicuous frontally and prior to (naked larvae) 3. the caudal end. Dorsally line mostly narrow and – Larva with either dwarf frontal pairs of abdomi- inconspicuous, similarly subdorsally, which is nal legs, these ones shorter than two caudal more conspicuous as white on black pro-thoracic pairs or with these legs absent; abdominal leg- dorsal sclerotized plate (shield). Colour brown- hooks sit transversally or in a circle, or there are black to black Eupsilia transversa (Hufnagel 1821) more rows of hooks.
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