Collection Name

Finnish National Moth Monitoring (en)

Yöperhosseuranta (fi)

Collection description

In the spring of 1993, a national moth survey was launched, coordinated by Finnish Environment Institute (Syke). The monitoring is part of the Biodiversity Research Programme. Monitoring butterflies provides rapid information on changes in nature. Local butterfly enthusiasts from the Finnish Society of Butterfly Researchers are responsible for identifying butterflies. The Regional Environment Centres were responsible for maintaining the light grids of the monitoring network, conducting weekly surveys and recording data until the end of 2017. This dataset contains a copy of observations of this survey until 2019. Additionally, this dataset contains observations starting from 2023, which are recorded directly on FinBIF observation service. Full data from 2020- is not included yet, but will be made accessible later. (en)

Keväällä 1993 aloitettiin Suomen ympäristökeskuksen (Syke) koordinoimana valtakunnallinen yöperhosseuranta. Seuranta on osa luonnon monimuotoisuuden tutkimusohjelmaa. Seuraamalla perhosia saadaan nopeasti tietoa luonnossa tapahtuneista muutoksista. Suomen Perhostutkijain Seuran paikalliset perhosharrastajat hoitavat perhosten määrittämisen. Alueelliset ympäristökeskukset vastasivat seurantaverkon valorysien ylläpidosta, viikoittaisesta koennasta ja tietojen tallentamisesta vuoden 2017 loppuun asti. Tämä aineisto sisältää kopion tämän tutkimuksen havainnoista vuoteen 2019 asti. Lisäksi tämä aineisto sisältää havaintoja vuodesta 2023 alkaen, jotka on tallennettu suoraan FinBIF-havaintopalveluun. Täydelliset tiedot vuosilta 2020- eivät ole vielä mukana, mutta ne tulevat saataville myöhemmin. (fi)

Web address

https://www.ymparisto.fi/fi/luonto-vesistot-ja-meri/luonnon-monimuotoisuus/lajien-monimuotoisuus/lajien-seuranta/yoperhosseuranta (fi)

Taxonomic coverage

Bombycoidea, Noctuoidea, Sphingidae, Geometridae

Temporal coverage

1993-

Geographic coverage

Finland

Collection quality

Copyright owner

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)

Contact email

anna.suuronen@syke.fi

Collection size (approx.)

1200000

Percentage digitized (approx.)

100

Number of specimens

Number of type specimens

Number of all observations

Date created

09.02.2022 09:08

Date edited

28.11.2025 12:49

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