alien speciesmeans alien species as defined in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014.
assessment periodmeans the time period over which progress to the target referred to in Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 is assessed;
beesmeans species of Anthophila (Apoidea), excluding the honeybee (Apis mellifera);
biogeographical regionsmeans biogeographical regions listed in Article 1, point (c)(iii), of Council Directive 92/43/EEC;
butterfliesmeans species of Papilionoidea;
day-active mothsmeans species of moths that are active in the daytime at the adult stage of their lifecycle;
hoverfliesmeans species of Syrphidae;
light trapmeans a device which attracts pollinator species during the night-time by using light and captures them in a container;
mothsmeans species of the following families of Heterocera: Brachodidae, Castniidae, Cimeliidae, Drepanidae, Erebidae (including Lymantriinae), Euteliidae, Geometridae, Heterogynidae, Limacodidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Sesiidae, Sphingidae, Uraniidae, and Zygaenidae, provided they have a wingspan of 20 mm or more assessed on the basis of literature;
night-active mothsmeans species of moths that are active at night at the adult stage of their lifecycle;
observation periodmeans the period of the year which corresponds to the flying season of the large majority of the pollinator species;
other ecosystemsmeans ecosystems other than agricultural ecosystems and forest ecosystems that are aggregated in one stratum;
stratified random sampling of monitoring sitesmeans a standardised statistical sampling, where monitoring sites have an equal probability of being selected from a population that is partitioned in sub-populations (strata);
transect walkmeans a data collection method in which a surveyor walks a predetermined route (transect) in order to gather field data on pollinator species;