A list of Microlepidoptera, superfamily Gelechioidea, was produced from blacklight trap samples from May through August from two locations over several years in Lawrence County in the Appalachian region of southern Ohio. The composition and diversity of this area is compared to a list of gelechioids from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The aim of this project is to use seasonal sampling snapshots to compare moth diversity of a forest that was completely removed (Ohio) and since re-established over nearly 100 years, to undisturbed virgin forest of similar floral and faunal composition. Data suggest that the gelechioid fauna from the re-established forest compares similarly to the undisturbed National Park.
Species 1: Lepidoptera
Keywords: blacklight trap samples, seasonal sampling snapshots
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