Survey of Some Lepidopterous Species Attracted to Light Traps in the Middle of Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar Region, Libya

Zayeid, Youssef M.; H. Aldaikh, Othman B.; Bomadas, Soha A.

doi:10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2021.177466

Survey of Some Lepidopterous Species Attracted to Light Traps in the Middle of Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar Region, Libya

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture,University Omar Al-Mukhtar, Libya

² Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University Omar Al-Mukhtar, Libya

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2021.177466

Abstract

The current study was carried out to identity 18 species of order lepidoptera belonging to 17 genera, 10 subfamilies and 6 families from Al-Jabal Al-AKhdar, Libya.The survey of these species were conducted in 12 regions during the period from January to December 2018, Thepercentage of the presence of each species in the studied regionshas been determined. The species global distribution, synonyms, common names and hosts plant also were given.

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