Do camera light traps for moths provide similar data as conventional funnel light traps?

The dataset contains moth recordings of field surveys conducted from April
to September 2023 in a forest and open land habitat in north-west Germany.
Moths were sampled using traditional funnel traps (FLT) and a new camera
light trap (CLT). The camera light trap was operated through the whole
season (196 nights), while funnel trapping events took place at 12
selected nights through the flight season. Cameras (Sony Alpha 7II) took
images of a screen (24 cm x 36 cm) every 2 min. Funnel light traps were
checked the next morning. All traps were operated between dusk and dawn
and used a LepiLED Mini switch from Insects & Light, Jena,
Germany. Moths were determined using Steiner et al. (2014): Die
Nachtfalter Deutschlands (ISBN 9783000438622). This study is the first
systematically comparison of both methods. Overall, CLTs performed very
well. Results from CLTs differ to a certain extent from conventional
trapping methods because they seem to perform worse in groups with highly
active species and perform better in calmer groups like geometrid moths.
CLTs are promising devices for insect monitoring since they deliver data
with high resolution in time, space and taxonomy. We provide: Raw data of
each individual moth sampled in the surveys, a compiled species list
including information on German trivial names, status of endangerment as
well as the species number of the refence literature and a table of all
species photographed with species name and date/time.