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Species composition and temporal activity of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in two cerrado vegetation types
Scherrer, Scheila; G. Ferro, Viviane; N. Ramos, Marina; R. Diniz, Ivone.
Afiliação
  • Scherrer, Scheila; Universidade de Brasília Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia.
  • G. Ferro, Viviane; Universidade Federal de Goiás Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Departamento de Ecologia.
  • N. Ramos, Marina; Universidade de Brasília Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia.
  • R. Diniz, Ivone; Universidade de Brasília Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Departamento de Zoologia.
Article em En | VETINDEX | ID: vti-690438
Biblioteca responsável: BR68.1
ABSTRACT
Arctiinae moths include nearly 11,000 species worldwide, of which approximately 700 species occur in the Brazilian Cerrado. The aim of this study was to describe the species composition of Arctiinae, as well as the variation in annual and nightly moth activity, in two Cerrado vegetation types. We sampled moths one night per month from September 2008 to June 2009, in the gallery forest and in the cerrado sensu stricto in the Jardim Botânico de Brasília. We collected 395 tiger moths belonging to 65 morphospecies; 74% of the species belonged to the tribe Arctiini and 26% to Lithosiini. Thirty-one species (47.7%) occurred only in the gallery forest, 13 (20%) occurred only in the cerrado sensu stricto, and 21 (32.3%) occurred in both vegetation types. Additionally, we found the greatest species richness between 700 p.m. and 800 p.m., and these hours were associated with 21 and 22 species, respectively. Most species (51.8%) were active for up to three hours during the night. In general, the species composition differed between the dry and rainy seasons, and the similarity of the fauna also varied hourly. Based on our results, we suggest that rapid inventories of Arctiinae be performed in both rainy and dry seasons, and sampling should be carried out the entire night.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: VETINDEX Idioma: En Revista: Zoologia (Curitiba) Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article
Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: VETINDEX Idioma: En Revista: Zoologia (Curitiba) Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article