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Tel. +32.2.305.37.32 E-mail: [email protected] www.soceurlep.org 15 May 2009 Nr. 46 Contents: 16th European Congress of Lepidopterology Cluj, Romania, 25–31 May 2009 .............................................................. 2 Preliminary programme .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Posters ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Where is Nota lepidopterologica?................................................................................................................................. 11 Editorial Board's request for help .................................................................................................................................. 11 Changes to the list of members ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Literature for sale .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Membership 2009 ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Inhalt: XVI. Europäischer Kongress für Lepidopterologie Cluj (Rumänien), 25. – 31. Mai 2009 ............................................ 12 Vorläufiges Program ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Posters ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Wo ist Nota lepidopterologica? .................................................................................................................................... 13 Änderungen zur Mitgliederliste .................................................................................................................................... 16 Literaturangebot ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 Mitgliedschaft 2009 ...................................................................................................................................................... 20 Sommaire : XVIe Congrès Européen de Lépidoptérologie Cluj (Roumanie), 25 au 31 mai 2009 .................................................... 14 Programme préliminaire ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Affiches .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Où est passé Nota lepidopterologica? ........................................................................................................................... 15 Changements à la liste des membres ............................................................................................................................. 16 Offre de littérature ........................................................................................................................................................ 18 Cotisation 2009 ............................................................................................................................................................. 20 Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL) News – Nachrichten – Nouvelles 46: 2 XVIth European Congress of Lepidopterology Cluj (Romania), 25 – 31 May 2009 General information There are almost 150 participants registered at the 16th European Congress of Lepidopterology in Cluj. The participants who arrive on Monday, 25th May 2009, are kindly asked to confirm their participation to the fixed menu dinner at Bethlen Kata Guest House for the price of 8 Euro. Recommendation for the post-congress excursion in Rimetea: please bring appropriate outdoor equipment (boots, rain-proof jacket and casual clothes). Don’t forget to bring toiletry kit since the accommodation does not provide it. We are looking forward to welcome you at the 16th European Congress of Lepidopterology in Cluj – Transylvania, where there is a remarkable biodiversity of butterflies, flowers and landscapes. Accompanying persons programme: Tuesday afternoon: guided tour of Cluj. Wednesday: full day excursion Cluj – Sighisoara with lunch at Dracula House - Biertan - Medias – Cluj. Sighisoara is the supposed birthplace of Vlad Tepes (better known as Dracula!), which is probably the most beautiful citadel in Europe. This Saxon region of Transylvania is scattered with exquisite houses and fortified churches, like the one in Biertan. Thursday: visit to the Botanical Garden "Alexandru Borza" and some museums in Cluj. Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL) — www.soceurlep.org 04 May 2009 Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL) News – Nachrichten – Nouvelles 46: 3 Preliminary Programme Monday, 25 May 2009 09.00–20.00 Arrival, Registration at Bethlen Kata Guest House, Str.Ponorului, nr. 1 Tuesday, 26 May 2009 08.00–09.30 Arrival, Registration at Babes-Bolyai University, Str. M. Kogalniceanu, nr.1 09.30–10.00 Opening Ceremony UBB Rector Magnificus, Prof. Dr. Andrei Marga SEL President, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Tarmann Organising committee: Prof. Dr. László Rákosy 10.00–12.50 Plenary lectures - Aula Magna Chair: Gerhard Tarmann 10.30–11.00 Josef Settele, Otakar Kudrna, Alexander Harpke, Ingolf Kühn, Chris Van Swaay, Rudi Verovnik, Martin Warren, Martin Wiemers, Thomas Hickler, Elisabeth Kühn, Inge Van Halder, Jan Hanspach, Kars Veling, Albert Vliegenthart, Irma Wynhoff, Oliver Schweiger – Climatic Risk Atlas of European Butterflies. 11.00–11.20 Coffee and tea break 11.20–12.50 Konrad Fiedler – Mega-diverse moth assemblages in tropical habitats - how do they reflect environmental gradients? Kristensen Niels Peder – Evolution of Lepidoptera antennae: progress and still-open questions. 12.50 Congress photo 13.00–14.30 Lunch break at restaurant "Piramida" 15.00–19.30 Plenary lectures at Bethlen Kata Guest House – Chair: Kauri Mikkola Nils Ryrholm – Climatic impacts on a cold hardy subarctic moth fauna, early lessons in a changing climate. David Agassiz – The Lepidoptera of Acacia in the Kenyan Rift Valley. Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL) — www.soceurlep.org 04 May 2009 Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL) News – Nachrichten – Nouvelles 46: 4 Gabriel Nève – Thermal biology of butterflies: variations in warming-up rates and flight thorax temperature. Peter Huemer – Biodiversity research on Lepidoptera in the National Park Hohe Tauern (Austria). 16.30–17.00 Coffee and tea break 17.20–19.30 Chair: David Agassiz Victor Sarto i Monteys & J. O. Moreno Vidal – Sexual communication in Castniidae and their mimicking of butterflies. Wolfgang A. Nässig – Saturniidae and Brahmaeidae of the Palaearctic Region: How many species are there? Zoltán Varga – Lock-and-key structures: geometry and physical constraints in Noctuinae and Hadeninae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Kauri Mikkola & Markus J. Rantala – Several selective factors acting in the industrial melanism of moths? Zdravko Kolev – In the Shadow of the Peppered Moth: Industrial Melanism of Moths in Finland. 19.30– Dinner at restaurant "Bethlen Kata" Wednesday, 27 May 2009 (Bethlen Kata) 09.00–12.30 Session 1: Plenary lectures: Phylogeny, General themes 15.00–19.00 Session 2: Parallel workshops: Noctuidae & Microlepidoptera Session 1 Matthias Nuss – Phylogeny of Pyraloidea, analysed from morphology and molecules. Martin Wiemers – DNA Barcoding in European Butterflies – applications and limitations. Richard Mally – Phylogeny of the European species of Udea Guenée (Pyraloidea: Crambidae). Erik J. van Nieukerken & Camiel Doorenweerd: Molecular phylogeny of the leaf-mining moth subgenus Ectoedemia (Nepticulidae). 10.30–11.00 Coffee and tea break Konstantin A. Efetov & Gerhard M. Tarmann – A checklist of the Procridinae (Zygaenidae) of the world: contemporary status of the problems. Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL) — www.soceurlep.org 04 May 2009 Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL) News – Nachrichten – Nouvelles 46: 5 Niklas Wahlberg, Niina Snäll, Jaan Viidalepp, Kai Ruohomäki & Toomas Tammaru – Evolution of female flightlessness in Geometridae: a phylogenetic study. Sergey Yu. Sinev – Paleontological data and the archetype of gelechioid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). 12.00–13.00 Book and entomological equipment exhibition 13.00–14.30 Lunch break at restaurant "Bethlen Kata" Session 2 15.00–19.30 Workshop: Noctuidae – Chair: Michael Fibiger & Laszlo