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By V. D. Kravchenko

The sequence is the 1st of its variety within the whole close to East, aiming to fill in an important hole in our wisdom of the butterflies and moths of this nonetheless poorly studied zone. quantity I summarizes facts pertaining to 128 erebid moth species at the moment recorded in Israel, illustrated in dwell measurement on 12 colour plates. furthermore, the distribution of every species within the state is mapped. The booklet is richly illustrated with colour photographs on one other 36 plates, representing quite a lot of significant habitat varieties of Israel. The ebook is an approaching software for experts in butterflies and moths, being topical additionally for nature conservationists and biogeographers, creditors and nature fanatics. it will possibly besides function a advisor for a person drawn to the character of Israel, in addition to of the close to East usually.

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25, pic. 2, 3, 4). PHENOLOGY: in Israel probably a univoltine spring species, collected so far only in April. HOST-PLANTS: in Israel and elsewhere unknown. 30 20. Eublemma suppura 21. Eublemma hansa 22. Eublemma gayneri The Lepidoptera of Israel 20. Eublemma suppura (Staudinger, 1892) TYPE LOCALITY: Turkey (Mersin; Taurus; Gjaur Dagh; Malatia; Antiochien); Lebanon (Beirut). GENERAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERN: East Mediterranean. Southeastern Turkey, and Levant. DISTRIBUTION IN THE LEVANT: Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, and Cyprus.

HABITAT: in Israel and elsewhere habitat preferences unknown. PHENOLOGY: in Israel collected so far only in May; in the tropics multivoltine. HOST-PLANTS: in Israel unknown; in subtropical areas the larvae are occasionally pests on cotton, jute and Althaea. 43. Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775) TYPE LOCALITY: East India. GENERAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERN: Paleotropical. Widespread in central Africa, Southeast Asia, Oceania and Australia. DISTRIBUTION IN THE LEVANT: recorded only from Israel. FIRST RECORD IN ISRAEL: Q.

Turkey, Transcaspia, Turkmenistan, southern Russia, Levant, Iraq, Iran, and Arabian Peninsula. DISTRIBUTION IN THE LEVANT: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Cyprus. FIRST RECORD IN ISRAEL: in the framework of the Israeli-German Lepidoptera project (1985–2006). DISTRIBUTION IN ISRAEL: widespread but rare and local in the arid regions, especially in large oases like ‘En Avedat (pl. 21, pic. 1), Sede Boqer and ‘En Gedi. HABITAT: in Israel an oasis species, in all kinds of larger natural oases with fresh water and in wet salinas with salt marshes and thickets of Suaeda, Arthrocnemum, Nitraria and Tamarix (pl.

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