Volume 9
Issue 1
Biology
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume9/issue1/abs-13.html
PRUNUS SEROTINA (EHRH) – NEW FOOD RESOURCE FOR POLYPHAGOUS LEPIDOPTERA
Kalina M. Nowakowska1, Aleksandra Halarewicz2
1 Forestry Management of Lubin, Poland
2 Department of Botany and Plant Ecology,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
ABSTRACT
Observations carried out in south-western Poland revealed that Prunus serotina (Ehrh), invasive plant species new to Poland, became a suitable food source for 10 polyphagous lepidopteran species, including one protected species: scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius L.
Key words: Lepidoptera, scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius, Prunus serotina, Poland.
Kalina M. Nowakowska
Forestry Management of Lubin, Poland
Gwarkow 53/9, 59-335 Lubin 7, Poland
email: ludekpies@interia.pl
Aleksandra Halarewicz
Department of Botany and Plant Ecology,
Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Pl. Grunwaldzki 24a, 50-363 Wroc³aw, Poland
email: aleksandra.halarewicz@up.wroc.pl
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