TY - JOUR AU - Lindeborg, Mats AU - Franzén, Markus AU - Ryrholm, Nils PY - 2023/05/04 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Intressanta fynd av storfjärilar (Macrolepidoptera) i Sverige 2022 JF - Entomologisk Tidskrift JA - ET VL - 144 IS - 1-2 SE - Artiklar DO - UR - https://et-online.nu/index.php/contents/article/view/127 SP - 55-72 AB - <p>This is the 50th consecutive annual report of new and interesting finds of Macrolepidoptera in Sweden, including a compilation of new provincial records; most of the new records are retrieved from personal reports and the Swedish Species Observation System https://www.artportalen.se. In 2022 two new species of Macrolepidoptera were recorded for the first time in Sweden: <em>Pungeleria capreoloaria</em> and <em>Heliothis nubigera</em>. A previously unseen number of individuals of the following migrating species reached Sweden in 2022: <em>Macroglossum stellatarum</em>, <em>Utetheisa pulchella</em>, <em>Isturgia arenacearia</em>, <em>Trichoplusia ni</em>, <em>Heliothis peltigera</em>, <em>Helicoverpa armigera</em>, and <em>Spodoptera exigua</em>. Examples of other migrating species not yet reproducing in Sweden recorded in Sweden in 2022 were <em>Amata phegea</em>, <em>Acherontia atropos</em>, <em>Euproctis chrysorrhoea</em>, <em>Orthonama obstipata</em>, <em>Catocala elocata</em>, <em>Hyssia cavernosa</em>, <em>Xylomoia graminea</em>, <em>Mythimna vitellina</em>, <em>Peridroma saucia</em>, <em>Agrotis bigramma</em>, <em>Euxoa ochrogaster</em> and <em>Autographa excelsa</em>. Species on their range limit, that might have populations reproducing in Sweden, recorded in 2022 were <em>Argynnis laodice</em>, <em>Scopula nigropunctata</em>, <em>Cyclophora annularia</em>, <em>Caradrina kadenii</em>, <em>Lacanobia splendens</em> and <em>Xestia ditrapezium</em>. In the warmer climate, many species continue to colonise new provinces and thus extend their ranges mainly northwards and inland in Sweden. Examples of such species are <em>Araschnia levana</em>, <em>Apatura ilia</em>, <em>A. iris</em>, <em>Callopistria juventina</em>, <em>Atethmia centrago</em>, <em>Conisania luteago</em>, <em>Nyctobrya muralis</em> and <em>Noctua interposita</em>. In contrast to species expanding their range margins, many other species are contracting their ranges due to intensified land use and habitat destruction, e.g. <em>Photedes captiuncula</em> and <em>Entephria caesiata</em>. The two critically endangered butterfly species, <em>Melitaea britomartis</em>, <em>Plebejus argyrognomon</em> and the endangered <em>Boloria polaris</em>, were not observed in Sweden in 2022 and might be extinct from Sweden. <em>Lithostege farinata</em>, recorded in 2021, could not be re-found in 2022. Also, many species connected to taiga forests, like <em>Baptria tibiale</em>, <em>Victrix umovii</em> and several northern <em>Xestia species</em>, are declining more or less strongly due to the intense industrial forestry. The total number of macrolepidoptera recorded in Sweden is now 1132, of which 16 are introduced.</p> ER -