New and interesting findings of the Lepidoptera from Astrakhan and Volgograd Territories (Southern Russia)

Abstract

Two species of moths, Drasteria christophi (Alphéraky, 1895) (Erebidae) and Protarchanara abrupta Eversmann, 1854 (Noctuidae), are reported from Russia for the first time; seventeen species of Notodontidae and Noctuidae are found as new for the fauna of Astrakhan and Volgograd Territories (Southern Russia).

Keywords

• biodiversity
• lepidoptera
• notodontidae
• erebidae
• noctuidae
• fauna
• new records
• volga region