U.S. Listed Lepidoptera Species as of August 31, 1997

[Mike Quinn]

Per the earlier thread concerning inadvertent collection of possible listed
micros...

U.S. Listed Invertebrate Animal Species as of August 31, 1997

This page is a listing of the Invertebrate species on the Endangered Species
List and was created by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of
Endangered Species.

Only species from the continental United States are shown. 

LEAD REGION --- STATUS --- COMMON NAME (SCIENTIFIC NAME)

1 --- T --- Butterfly, bay checkerspot * (Euphydryas editha bayensis)
1 --- E --- Butterfly, El Segundo blue * (Euphilotes battoides allyni)
3 --- E --- Butterfly, Karner blue * (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
1 --- E --- Butterfly, Lange's metalmark * (Apodemia mormo langei)
1 --- E --- Butterfly, lotis blue * (Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis)
1 --- E --- Butterfly, mission blue * (Icaricia icarioides missionensis)
3 --- E --- Butterfly, Mitchell's satyr * (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)
1 --- E --- Butterfly, Myrtle's silverspot * (Speyeria zerene myrtleae)
1 --- T --- Butterfly, Oregon silverspot * (Speyeria zerene hippolyta)
1 --- E --- Butterfly, Palos Verdes blue * (Glaucopsyche lygdamus
palosverdesensis)
1 --- E --- Butterfly, Quino checkerspot (Euphydryas editha quino (=E. e.
wrighti))
4 --- E --- Butterfly, Saint Francis' satyr * (Neonympha mitchellii
francisci)
1 --- E --- Butterfly, San Bruno elfin * (Callophrys mossii bayensis)
4 --- E --- Butterfly, Schaus swallowtail * (Heraclides (=Papilio)
aristodemus ponceanus)
1 --- E --- Butterfly, Smith's blue * (Euphilotes enoptes smithi)
6 --- E --- Butterfly, Uncompahgre fritillary (Boloria acrocnema)
1 --- T --- Moth, Kern primrose sphinx * (Euproserpinus euterpe)
1 --- E --- Skipper, Laguna Mountains (Pyrgus ruralis lagunae)
6 --- T --- Skipper, Pawnee montane (Hesperia leonardus (=pawnee) montana)


Link to complete list of U.S. Listed Clams - Snails - Insects - Arachnids -
Crustaceans (as of August 31, 1997)

http://www.nearctica.com/conserve/esa/invdata.htm

Copyright Nearctica.com 1998. All rights reserved.

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(As I suspected, there are no U.S. Listed species of micro moths. The only
moth listed (as of 8/31/97) is a southern Californian sphinx moth.)

Kern primrose sphinx (Euproserpinus euterpe) 
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/usa/1057.htm

Flight:. One brood from February-April. 

Caterpillar hosts: Camissonia contorta epilobioides in the primrose family
(Onagraceae). 

Habitat: Pastures and fallow fields. 

Range: Walker Basin in Kern County, southern California. 

Conservation: This is the rarest sphinx moth in North America. A serious
threat is filaree (Erodium cicutarium), an exotic weed which the females
mistake for evening primrose. Eggs laid on this weed hatch but the
caterpillars do not survive. 

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Ranges and other information of the listed butterflies can be found here:

Butterflies of North America
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/usa/toc.htm

NatureServe Explorer
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/

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Mike Quinn
Invertebrate Biologist
Wildlife Diversity Branch
Texas Parks & Wildlife
mike.quinn at tpwd.state.tx.us

 
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