Two new records for Turkish Geometridae (Lepidoptera) fauna from Ordu Province

Authors: MUSTAFA ÖZDEMİR

Abstract: In this study, a group of specimens from the family Geometridae preserved in the Nazife Tuatay Plant Protection Museum is examined. The specimens were originally collected from Ordu, Turkey. As a result of this work, two new records for the Geometridae fauna of Turkey, namely Asthena anseraria (Herrich-Schaffer, [1855]) and Eupithecia selinata Herrich-Schaeffer, 1861 are given. Adult and genitalia figures of the species are presented.

Keywords: Geometridae, Lepidoptera, fauna, new records, Ordu, Turkey

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