Leaf-spinning moths (Lepidoptera) feeding on <i>Vaccinium uliginosum</i> L. along an ecological gradient of central European peat bogs
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.84170Abstract
The leaf-spinning moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Gelechiidae, Chimabachidae and Geometridae) associated with the boreal plant Vaccinium uliginosum L. were investigated in two different peat bogs (Mrtvy luh and Chalupská slat’), both situated in the Sumava Mts., Czech Republic. During four years (1998–2001) of collecting leaf spinnings, 19 species of moths were recorded from both localities. Their occurrence was clearly structured along a distinct ecological (mesoclimatic) gradient. Species closely associated with peat bogs (tyrphobiontic and tyrphophilous taxa) were found to be most abundant in the treeless centres of both peat bogs in comparison with marginal parts. Vaccinium uliginosum is the only food plant of stenotopic boreal moths Pammene luedersiana (Sorhagen) and Athrips pruinosella (Lienig & Zeller) recorded in the Sumava Mts.
