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. 2022 Aug 28;13(9):778. doi: 10.3390/insects13090778

Table 2.

Diversity of the focal moth groups at individual regions: gamma diversity (γ: regional species richness), alpha diversity (α: mean local species richness), abundance (Ab.: regional number of specimens).

Region All Moths Exc. Geometroidea Bombycoidea Noctuoidea Erebidae Noctuidae All Moths Incl. Geometroidea Geometroidea
γ α Ab. γ α Ab. γ α Ab. γ α Ab. γ α Ab. Ab. Ab.
Soussusvlei 10 1.9 47 1 0.1 1 9 1.8 46 3 0.8 23 6 1.0 23 50 3
Namibgrens 45 9.7 1331 2 0.3 5 41 9.2 1324 13 3.1 57 28 6.1 1267 1532 201
Khorixas 45 9.0 382 2 0.2 2 43 8.8 380 11 1.6 20 32 7.2 360 438 56
Windhoek 32 7.0 399 3 0.4 4 28 6.5 394 11 3.2 195 17 3.3 199 436 37
Etosha 39 9.2 710 0 0.0 0 39 9.2 710 13 2.8 50 25 5.4 312 876 166
Thakadu 50 10.1 350 6 1.5 27 44 8.6 323 11 3.1 64 32 5.3 254 404 54
Central Kalahari 74 18.4 569 8 2.5 54 66 15.9 515 19 4.3 69 47 11.6 446 612 43
Grootfontein 85 21.3 1337 15 4.9 161 70 16.4 1176 16 4.4 696 50 10.8 325 3078 1741
Bwabwata 92 23.0 762 19 4.8 149 71 17.9 610 30 8.0 399 39 9.7 209 982 220
Hwange 145 36.0 994 9 3.3 124 125 27.8 669 49 9.6 249 73 17.4 406 1232 238
Victoria Falls 179 44.8 1757 15 4.1 63 152 36.5 1574 71 16.1 340 72 17.6 1121 2182 425
Chizarira 99 19.2 410 11 3.7 98 80 13.4 203 35 6.2 102 35 4.7 62 550 140
Region Eutellidae Lasiocampidae Limacodidae Notodontidae Saturniidae Sphingidae Eupterotidae
γ α Ab. γ α Ab. γ α Ab. γ α Ab. γ α Ab. γ α Ab. γ α Ab.
Soussusvlei 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Namibgrens 0 0 0 2 0.3 5 2 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Khorixas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 1 0 0 0
Windhoek 0 0 0 2 0.2 2 1 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 2
Etosha 1 1.0 348 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thakadu 0 0 0 2 0.9 18 0 0 0 1 0.2 5 1 0.1 1 2 0.3 4 1 0.2 4
Central Kalahari 0 0 0 4 1.5 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 3 0.9 16 0 0 0
Grootfontein 1 0.1 1 6 2.1 94 0 0 0 3 1.1 154 1 0.2 2 8 2.6 65 0 0 0
Bwabwata 1 0.1 1 7 1.5 47 2 0.3 3 1 0.1 1 4 1.0 26 7 1.9 67 1 0.4 9
Hwange 0 0 0 2 0.3 3 11 4.9 201 3 0.8 14 1 0.2 2 4 1.3 44 2 1.5 75
Victoria Falls 0 0 0 5 1.1 11 12 4.2 120 9 2.8 113 2 0.2 2 5 1.9 35 3 0.9 15
Chizarira 0 0 0 5 1.6 60 8 2.1 109 10 2.5 39 1 0.4 5 2 0.4 4 3 1.3 29