Ábrahám Levente: A Látrányi Puszta Természetvédelmi Terület élővilága - Natura Somogyiensis 5. (Kaposvár, 2003)

Ábrahám Levente: A Látrányi Puszta Természetvédelmi Terület nagylepke (Lepidoptera) faunájának vizsgálata - Investigation on the butterfly and larger moth fauna of the Látrányi Puszta Nature Conservation Area (Lepidoptera)

254 NATURA SOMOGYIENSIS Investigation on the butterfly and larger moth fauna of the Látrányi Puszta Nature Conservation Area (Lepidoptera) LEVENTE ÁBRAHÁM The significant species of the Látrányi Puszta Nature Conservation Area occur in rather wet or extremely dry habitats. The following species live in wet meadows and marshes of the protected area: Hepialus humuli, Phragmatoecia casteneae, Euthrix potatoria, Celaena leucostigma, Archanara sparganii, Archanara dissoluta, Sedina buettneri Laelia coenosa. Soft wood cover only a small portion of the area therefore only a few significant species of this kind can be found here: Cerara erminea, Gastropacha populifolia, Pterostoma palpina, Arctolmis l-album, Apatura ilia. It is most probable that wet meadows of today were previously used to be covered by alder woodlands. Nowadays, remains of these forests can only be found along temporary water flows but species typical of this habitat still occur in the area: Apatele alni, Apatele cuspis, Apatele leporina, Drepana curvatula, Nola chlamitulalis. The butterfly and larger moth fauna of the dry open sandy grasslands shows special characteristics. In these habitats Heliophobus reticulate, Symira nervosa, Calamia tridens, Calyptra thalictri are common while Hadena irregularis, Euxoa segnilis are rare species. Among the butterflies, Arethusana arethusa and Scoliotantides orion are worth mentioning because of their limited occurrence in Southern Transdanubia. In the protected area the forest vegetation is secondarily missing therefore the species associated with forests only occur in small population. The valuable Scotch pine was introduced on the sandy grasslands as a result of the forestry utilisation of the grasslands Under dry microclimatic circumstances the butterfly and larger moth fauna of the Scotch pine monoculture is rather poor in species. Species living on pine are the following: Lymantria monacha, Panolis flammea, Hylaea fasciaria, Bupalus piniarius, Semiothisa liturata, Thera obeliscata, Dendrolimus pini, Hyloicus pinastri.