Wiad. entomol. 18 (3): 169-185 Poznań 1999 Contribution to the knowledge on the distribution of Macrolepidoptera in Bulgaria * Materiały do poznania rozsiedlenia Macrolepidoptera w Bułgarii STOYAN BESHKOV 1 , JANUSZ NOWACKI 2 , KRZYSZTOF PAŁKA 3 1 National Museum of Natural History, 1, Tzar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria 2 Katedra Entomologii Akademii Rolniczej, ul. Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-594 Poznań, Poland 3 Instytut Biologii UMCS, ul. Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland ABSTRACT: The present paper includes data obtained during the collecting trip by the au- thors in Bulgaria on 1–9 June 1998. For all collected or observed species the localities are given, for some species also short comments are provided. For most of the species the lo- calities constitute new records, for other species new phenological data are given. Hyles hippophaes (ESPER, 1793) was collected for the second time in Bulgaria. Valerietta bulgarica (DRENOVSKY, 1953) has two generations in Bulgaria. KEY WORDS: Lepidoptera, Macrolepidoptera, Bulgaria, records The fauna of the Bulgarian Lepidoptera, especially the Macrolepidoptera, is relatively well studied. However, there still remain areas in the country, where the available data are very limited or not satisfactory. Most papers, dealing with the Bulgarian Lepidoptera, containd only data on species which are new for the country, rare or interesting records. This is the reason, why some "rare" species have more literature records, than the common ones. This obscures the real patern of species distribution. For this reason, we have listed here all species collected during the trip. For most of them the localities given below are new for the area, for other species new phenologi- cal data or some other comments are given. The systematics used here fol- lows KARSHOLT & RAZOWSKI (1996). * Druk pracy w 55% sfinansowany przez Katedrę Entomologii AR im. A. Cieszkowskiego w Poznaniu