Og. Gorbunov, BIODIVERSITY, ZOOGEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF THE FAUNA OF CLEARWING MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA, SESIIDAE) OF RUSSIA AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES, Izvestia Akademii nauk SSSR. Seria biologiceskaa, (4), 1998, pp. 453-457
Statistical information is provided for the first time on the species
diversity of clearwing moths in the territory of the former Soviet Uni
on, estimated as 159 species from 17 genera. The data are succinctly p
rovided for trophic and biotopic specialization and the zoogeographic
composition is analyzed. An attempt to analyze the origin and historic
al development of the fauna of clearwing moths of Russia and adjacent
countries has been undertaken for the first time.