INTERESTING RECORDS OF SOME RARE MOTHS IN CROATIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AND MONTENEGRO

In this paper, we present records of 15 new or rarely documented moth species from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Four species are reported for the first time in Croatia: Rhodostrophia discopunctata, Dryobotodes servadeii, Spodoptera littoralis, and Xylocampa mustapha. For three additional species, we provide either the first recent records or evidence of significant range expansion: Thysanoplusia daubei, Ctenoplusia accentifera, and Tathorhynchus exsiccata. One species, Enterpia laudeti, is newly recorded for Montenegro, while six species are newly documented for Bosnia and Herzegovina: Pachypasa otus, Ochropleura leucogaster, Hadena adriana, Xylocampa mustapha, Plusidia cheiranthi, and Autophila limbata. We also include new records of the invasive species Hyphantria cunea in Bosnia and Herzegovina. All previous records of Xylocampa areola from Croatia most likely refer to X. mustapha, indicating that X. mustapha is likely the sole representative of this genus in the eastern Adriatic region.