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 |