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Using Malaise traps for collecting Lepidoptera (Insecta), with notes on the preparation of Macrolepidoptera from
Olga Schmidt1, Stefan Schmidt1, Christoph L Häuser2
1SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München Munich Germany.
Abstract:
The present paper deals with the potential of employing Malaise traps for collecting butterflies and moths for morphological analysis and presents a protocol for preparing Macrolepidoptera from Malaise trap samples that were preserved in ethanol. About 80 specimens of Lepidoptera, including Nymphalidae, Geometridae, Hesperiidae, Erebidae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae and Tortricidae, were mounted, following the protocol. All specimens with robust wings and contrasting wing patterns were well suited for the study of external morphology, regardless of the family. The specimens used in this study were collected in highland forest areas of central Vietnam with a little known entomofauna, as part of the German-Vietnamese biodiversity project 'VIETBIO'. The study offers new methodological approaches in an attempt to make the most of the material that was obtained using Malaise traps.
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