Checklist of Herbivorous Insects of Native and Exotic Oaks in Hungary I.

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2005

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As far as currently known, 308 lepidopteran species belonging to 32 families feed on oaks in Hungary. The family Geometridae is the richest in quercivorous (oak feeding) species (63), followed by Noctuidae (62), and Tortricidae (39). Hungarian data are available for 69.4% of this fauna (215 species). Numbers of species-level hostplant data are Quercus cerris: 65, Quercus petraea: 119, Quercus pubescens: 89, Quercus robur: 111, Quercus rubra: 16. These species numbers exceed the species numbers published 10 years ago by 70%.