The European Lantern Fly Dictyophara europaea (Linnaeus, 1767) (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) in the Kaluga Region

Authors

  • Victor V. Aleksanov Parks Directorate of the Kaluga Region

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2025-7-4-542-549

Keywords:

Dictyopharidae, river valleys, Oka River, meadows, ruderal weeds, dispersion

Abstract

In 2023 and 2025, 29 specimens of Dictyophara europaea (Linnaeus, 1767) were found in six localities in the northwest of the Central Russian Upland (Ulyanovsky, Kozelsky, and Peremyshlsky districts of the Kaluga Region and Kaluga City). Almost all points of finding lay within submeridional stretches of large river valleys (the Oka, the Zhizdra, and the Vytebet rivers). All specimens of the European lantern fly were found in open habitats with tall herbs and grass coverage that was not too dense. Adults were mainly collected in August. Nymphs were sampled by pitfall traps in one habitat.

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Author Biography

Victor V. Aleksanov, Parks Directorate of the Kaluga Region

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Main Specialist, Parks Directorate of the Kaluga Region,
Kaluga, Russia
E-mail: victor_alex@list.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-4584-8457

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2025-12-30

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Aleksanov, V. V. (2025). The European Lantern Fly Dictyophara europaea (Linnaeus, 1767) (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) in the Kaluga Region. Field Biologist Journal, 7(4), 542-549. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2025-7-4-542-549

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