Zur Schmetterlingsfauna der Moore des Brockengebietes (lnsecta: Lepidoptera)

Abstract

The author reports on his investigations on butterflies and moths ofbogs on the Mt. Brocken and its surrounding.He discovered !59 species during excursions at day-time and light-trapping. For the largest bogs in the studieddistrict the author discusses their typical fauna. He proposes ecological groups ofLepidoptera as follows: I. speciesof spruce forests, 2. species of deciduous forests, 3. species of tall herb communities, 4. species of sadgereets and cotton-grasslands, 5. species of grasslands, 6. species of herbaceous meadows, 7. species of subshrubcommunities, 8. species of blackberry bushes, 9. species on cryptogamous plants. The classification of thespecies follows the regularity of their occurence. A table shows the tyrphophil and tyrphobiont Lepidoptera onMt. Brocken. The author discusses the occurence of Sterrhopteryx standfussi, Elachista albidella, E. kilmunella,Clepsis rogana, Trichiura crataegi, Cosmotriche lobulina, Clossiana aquilionaris, Erebia epiphron,Elophos dilucidaria, E. vittaria, Eulithis testata, Carsia sororiata imbutata, Acronicta menyanthidis,A.auricoma, Plusia putnami gracilis, Syngrapha interrogationis, Apamea rubrirena, A. remissa, Pseudoipsprasinana, Anarta cordigera and Xestia speciosa more precisely. After that he informs about historicalcaptures of Lepidoptera fauna on bogs on Mt. Brocken. The author also compares the fauna of bogs on Mt.Brocken with the Lepidoptera occuring at similar places in other hercynical mountains. Last but not least a tableof the boreo-montan and alpin elements of Lepidoptera of bogs on Mt. Brocken is given.