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The application of IUCN Red List criteria to assess the conservation status of moths at the regional level: a case of provisional Red List of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Serbia

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Using a network of c.200 sample sites during the period 2000–2011, together with data from earlier sporadic studies and museum records, the status of noctuid moths in Serbia was assessed according to IUCN criteria. The noctuid Red List of Serbia comprises 223 species, of which almost 40 % are under threat. Two species (Acontia titania and Helivictoria victorina) are considered regionally extinct (RE), 28 are critically endangered (CR), 49 are endangered (EN), and 58 are vulnerable (VU). Additionally, 64 species are considered to be near threatened (NT), i.e., close to qualifying as threatened species in the near future, and 22 fall under the data deficient category (DD; inadequate information), with the likelihood of being included in one of the threatened Red List categories in the future. Apart from the threatened species, 342 species of noctuids are widespread and abundant in the area and belong to the category of least concern (LC). The geographical position and climate of Serbia facilitates high noctuid richness but the existence of a great number of threatened species indicates the need for further conservation of the group.

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This study was financially supported by the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development (Grants Nos. III-43002 and 173038), and by the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry, and Water Management (Grant No. 401-00-925/12/2009-10). We would like to express our gratitude to Marina Mučalica, M.Sc. (Natural History Museum in Belgrade, Serbia), who provided some of the necessary publications used in this study.

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  2. Fruška Gora National Park, Zmajev Trg 1, 21208, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

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  3. Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Srećko B. Ćurčić, Božidar P. M. Ćurčić & Slobodan E. Makarov

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Stojanović, D.V., Ćurčić, S.B., Ćurčić, B.P.M. et al. The application of IUCN Red List criteria to assess the conservation status of moths at the regional level: a case of provisional Red List of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Serbia. J Insect Conserv 17, 451–464 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-012-9527-7

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