LEPIDOPTERA LARVAE COMMUNITIES ON OAKS IN SW SLOVAKIA

The structure and dynamics of communities of lepidopterous larvae were studied oil three oak species (Quercus robur, Q. petraea, and Q. rubr a) in four study areas in the north-western Dart of the Borska nizina lowland (Slovakia) during the vegetation period in 1993-1994. Samples of larvae were obtained using the beating method. A total of 97 lepido pterous species belonging to 18 families were recorded. Among the most abundant families were Geometridae, Noctuidae, Lymantriidae and Coleo phoridae. The highest dominance was seen in Lymantria, dispar, Operoph tera brumata and Coleophora lutipennella.