Macro‐moth families differ in their attraction to light: implications for light‐trap monitoring programmes

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Artificial light at night inhibits mating in a Geometrid moth (2015, background): “…Because many nocturnal moths are strongly attracted to sources of artificial light at night (Van Langevelde et al., 2011; SomersYeates et al., 2013; Merckx & Slade, 2014), light pollution is often posited to be one of the causal factors of moth declines, although direct causal evidence for such a…”
Diversity and trait composition of moths respond to land-use intensification in grasslands: generalists replace specialists (2017, background): “2012), because the distance by which moths are attracted to light traps is up to 30 meters (Merckx and Slade 2014; Truxa and Fiedler 2012).”
Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle (2020, background): “…of individuals recaptured when flying 0–1 m past a 6 w actinic light was only up to 10% for noctuids, 15% for geometrids, and 50% for erebids (Merckx & Slade, 2014), while a similar study using 15 w actinic lamps reported most recaptures occurred at release distances 30 m, and typically …”
Mechanistic, ecological, and evolutionary consequences of artificial light at night for insects: review and prospective (2019, background): “The disrupting effects of artificial lights on spatial dispersal are well known at small spatial scales (Merckx & Slade, 2014).”