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

Eric H. Metzler spruance at infinet.com
Thu Feb 21 09:09:19 EST 2002


Mike did a great service by pointing out a valuable web site.

Rich did a great service by pointing out that the web site is out of 
date, therefore we should all take note that relying on any web site for 
information could be wraught with frustration if we have to explain our 
action to officials.

Richard Worth wrote:

> Hey gang,
> I also thought the nominate ssp. of Speyeria callippe from the same 
> location as the Mission Blue in SanFrancisco was also on there.  Add 
> Fender's Blue (Icaricia icarioides fenderi) to this list as of about 2000.
> Cheers,  Rich
> 
>> 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.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> (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.
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> 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/
>>
>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>> Mike Quinn
>> Invertebrate Biologist
>> Wildlife Diversity Branch
>> Texas Parks & Wildlife
>> mike.quinn at tpwd.state.tx.us
>>
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> 
> Richard A. Worth
> Oregon Department of Agriculture
> Plant Division
> rworth at oda.state.or.us
> (503) 986-6461
> 
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