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Gantner M. 2003. LEPIDOPTERA OF HAZEL PLANTS IN POLAND (Part I). OCCURENCE, SPECIES, COMPOSITION AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE, EJPAU 6(2), #07.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume6/issue2/horticulture/abs-07.html

ABSTRACT

Species composition and the quantitative structure of Lepidoptera species inhibiting the shrubs of hazel were studied in three localities: on pesticide protected and unprotected plantations and on wild hazel growing in the forest. In order to classify collected species of Lepidoptera, five domination classes, indexes of species composition similarity and species variety were used. In the sampled material, 786 individuals were identified to 38 species, 29 genera and 5 orders. Archips rosanus, Pandemis heparana, A. xylosteanus, Operophtera brumata, Scotopterys luridata, Orthosia cerasi, O. cruda and Cosmia trapezina were dominating species on hazel. In all the examined sites, A. rosanus clearly dominated and its caterpillars damaged not only the leaf buds and leaves but also the female inflorescence and young nut sets. The damages caused by Lepidoptera caterpillars on hazel growing in Poland have no economic s

Key words: cultivated and common hazel, Lepidoptera species, Archips rosanus, domination classes..

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