Abstract

A total of 13 species belonging to five families of Lepidoptera were collected by bait and sticky yellow traps in ecologically managed cherry orchards (Prunus avium Linnaeus) located in Izmir and Manisa, western Turkey during 1998 and 1999. These were Tethea ocularis (Linnaeus, 1767), T. or (DenisSchiffermüller, 1775) (Thyatiridae); Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus, 1758) and Papilio machaon (Linnaeus, 1758) (Papilionidae); Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758), P. rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pieridae); Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767), Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758), Cynthia cardui (Linnaeus, 1758), Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758), Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758), N. antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Nymphalidae); Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775) (Satyridae).