A comparison of manual and automatic moth sampling methods (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Geometridae) in a rain forest in Costa Rica

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 757-764

  Brehm, Gunnar ^a,b   Axmacher, Jan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Institut für Spezielle Zoologie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctiid moths; Costa Rica; Geometrid moths; Insects; Light traps

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOTH; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ARCTIIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; STERRHINAE;

EID: 33750242502     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.3.757     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Axmacher, J. C., and K. Fiedler. 2004. Manual versus automatic moth sampling at equal light sources - a comparison of catches from Mt. Kilimanjaro. J. Lepid. Soc. 58: 196-202.
2. Axmacher, J. C., G. Holtmann, L. Scheuermann, G. Brehm, K. Müller-Hohenstein, and K. Fiedler. 2004. Diversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) along an Afrotropical elevational rainforest transect. Div. Distrib. 10: 293-302.
3. Beck, J., and K. E. Linsenmair. 2006. Feasibility of light-trapping in community research on moths: attraction radius of light, completeness of samples, nightly flight times and seasonally for Southeast-Asian hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). J. Res. Lepid. 39: 18-36.
4. Beck, J., C. H. Schulze, K. E. Linsenmair, and K. Fiedler. 2002. From forest to farmland: diversity of geometrid moths along two habitat gradients on Borneo. J. Trop. Ecol. 17: 33-51.
5. Bowden, J. 1982. An analysis of factors affecting catches of insects in light traps. Bull. Entomol. Res. 72: 535-556.
6. Brehm, G. 2006. Contrasting patterns of vertical stratification in two moth families in a Costa Rican lowland rain forest. Basic Appl. Ecol. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.02.002.
7. Brehm, G., and K. Fiedler. 2003. Faunal composition of geometrid moths changes with altitude in an Andean montane rainforest. J. Biogeogr. 30: 431-440.
8. Brehm, G., and K. Fiedler. 2004. Ordinating tropical moth ensembles from an elevational gradient: a comparison of common methods. J. Trop. Ecol. 20: 165-172.
9. Brehm, G., D. Süssenbach, and K. Fiedler. 2003. Unique elevational diversity patterns of geometrid moths in an Andean montane rainforest. Ecography 26: 456-466.
10. Brehm, G., L. M. Pitkin, N. Hilt, and K. Fiedler. 2005. Montane Andean rain forests are a global diversity hotspot of geometrid moths. J. Biogeogr. 32: 1621-1627.
11. Canaday, C. L. 1987. Comparison of insect fauna captured in six different trap types in a douglas-flr forest. Can. Entomol. 119: 1101-1108.
12. Colwell, R. K. 2004. EstimateS: statistical estimation of species richness and shared species from samples, version 7.00. http://purl.oclc.org/ estimates.
13. DeVries, P. D., T. R. Walla, and H. F. Greeney. 1999. Species diversity in spatial and temporal dimensions of fruit-feeding butterflies from two Ecuadorian rainforests. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 68: 333-353.
14. DeVries, P. D., and T. R. Walla. 2001. Species diversity and community structure in neotropical fruit-feeding butterflies. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 74: 1-15.
15. Gotelli, N., and R. K. Colwell. 2001. Quantifying biodiversity: procedures and pitfalls in the measurement and comparison of species richness. Ecol. Lett. 4: 379-391.
16. Hartshorn, G. S., and B. E. Hammel. 1994. Vegetation types and floristic patterns, pp. 73-89. In L. A. McDade, K. S. Bawa, H. A. Hespenheide, and G. S. Hartshorn (eds.), La Selva - ecology and natural history of a neotropical rain forest. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
17. Hawkins, B. A., and P. J. DeVries. 1996. Altitudinal gradients in the body sizes of Costa Rican butterflies. Acta Oecol. 17: 185-194.
18. Henderson, P. A., and R.M.H. Seaby. 2001. Species diversity and richness. Pisces Conservation, Pennington, UK.
19. Hilt, N., and K. Fiedler. 2005. Diversity and composition of Arctiidae moth ensembles along a succession gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes. Div. Distrib. 11: 387-398.
20. Holloway, J. D., G. Kibby, and D. Peggie. 2001. The families of Malesian moths and butterflies. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands.
21. Holyoak, M., V. Jarosik, and I. Novák. 1997. Weather-induced changes in moth activity bias measurement of long-term population dynamics from light trap samples. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 83: 329-335.
22. Intachat, J., and I. P. Woiwod. 1999. Trap design for monitoring moth biodiversity in tropical rainforests. Bull. Entomol. Res. 89: 153-163.
23. Jacobson, N. L., and S. J. Weller. 2002. A cladistic study of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) by using characters of immatures and adults. Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Monographs, Lanham, MD.
24. Leinonen, R., G. Söderman, J. Itämies, S. Rytkönen, and I. Rutanen. 1998. Intercalibration of different light-traps and bulbs used in moth monitoring in northern Europe. Entomol. Fenn. 9: 37-51.
25. McGeachie, W. J. 1989. The effects of moonlight illuminance, temperature and wind speed on light-trap catches of moths. Bull. Entomol. Res. 79: 185-192.
26. Muirhead-Thomson, C. R. 1991. Trap responses of flying insects. Academic, London, UK.
27. Pitkin, L. M. 2002. Neotropical ennomine moths: a review of the genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 134: 121-401.
28. Robinson, G. S., and K. R. Tuck. 1993. Diversity and faunistics of small moths (Microlepidoptera) in Bornean rainforest. Ecol. Entomol. 18: 385-393.
29. Sanford R. L., Jr., P. Paaby, J. C. Luvall, and E. Phillips. 1994. Climate, geomorphology, and aquatic systems, pp. 19-33. In L. A. McDade, K. S. Bawa, H. A. Hespenheide, and G. S. Hartshorn (eds.), La Selva - ecology and natural history of a neotropical rain forest. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
30. Schulze, C. H., K. E. Linsenmair, and K. Fiedler. 2001. Understorey versus canopy: patterns of vertical stratification and diversity among Lepidoptera in a Bornean rain forest. Plant Ecol. 153: 133-152.
31. Scoble, M. J. (ed.). 1999. Geometrid moths of the world: a catalogue (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). CSIRO, Collingwood, Australia.
32. Solow, A. R. 1993. A simple test for change in community structure. J. Anim. Ecol. 63: 191-193.
33. Taylor, L. R., and E. S. Brown. 1972. Effects of light-trap design and illumination on samples of moths in the Kenya highlands. Bull. Entomol. Res. 62: 91-112.
34. Taylor, L. R., and R. A. French. 1974. Effects of light-trap design and illumination on samples of moths in an English woodland. Bull. Entomol. Res. 63: 583-594.
35. Thomas, A. W., and G. M. Thomas. 1994. Sampling strategies for estimating moth species diversity using a light trap in a northeastern softwood forest. J. Lepidop. Soc. 48: 85-105.
36. Watson, A., and D. T. Goodger. 1986. Catalogue of the neotropical tiger moths. Occ. Pap. Syst. Entomol. 1: 1-71.