(Citheronia regalis overall spotty distribution

[Weston Henry]

I have seen pictures of *Citheronia regalis* larvae on invasive burning
bush:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/329547/bgpage

I wonder if this could maybe cause range expansion soon?  Also, I am
wondering if anyone knows if they still can be found in southern NJ (they
could be collected in Cape May County in the 80's I have heard)?

Weston Henry
Mansfield, CT

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Michael Gochfeld <gochfeld at eohsi.rutgers.edu
> wrote:

>   I have looked at a lot of butterfly range maps on BAMONA, but the
> Citheronia regalis distribution map seems unusually spotty.  Is it just that
> the moth disappeared from intermediate sites before it was recorded.
>
> http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3334   [*I can't seem to copy
> this map, so check the site]*
>
>
> It's not as host specific as I had thought (see below). And I wonder what
> its various State conservation ranks are.
>
> MIKE GOCHFELD
>
>
>
>
>
> ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM BAMONA WEB SITE
> *Caterpillar hosts:* Hickories (Carya), pecan (C. illinoensis), butternut
> (Juglans cinerea), black walnut (J. nigra), sweet gum (Liquidambar
> styraciflua), persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), sumacs (Rhus), cultivated
> cotton (Gossypium), and others.
>
> *Adult food:* Adults do not feed.
>
> *Habitat:* Deciduous woods.
>
> *Range:* New York west through southern Michigan and Illinois to eastern
> Kansas; south to central Florida, the Gulf states, and east Texas.
>
> *Conservation:* Not usually required.
>
> *NatureServe Global Status<http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/glossary/term/12?Array>
> :* G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts
> of its range, especially at the periphery
>
>
>
>  Michael Gochfeld gochfeld at eohsi.rutgers.edu
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu on behalf of citheronia at aol.com
> *Sent:* Mon 11/1/2010 11:36 PM
> *To:* leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> *Subject:* RE: Stop Please (C. regalis in NY)
>
>  Hugh,
>
> Roughly 15 years ago I was walking a path alongside an apple orchard and
> encountered a fifth instar C. regalis larva on a Black Walnut tree in
> Hannibal, NY (Oswego County). In all my time of running lights in the same
> area, however, I've never encountered an adult. Although it was probably a
> fluke, perhaps the result of a storm-blown female, it is nice to think that
> they may occur naturally up here.
>
> Randy Lyttle
> North Rose, NY
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wagner, David <david.wagner at uconn.edu>
> To: hmcguinness at ross.org <hmcguinness at ross.org>; Leps List <
> leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
> Sent: Fri, Oct 29, 2010 2:06 pm
> Subject: RE: Stop Please
>
>   Hugh,
>
> The last place that *Eacles imperialis* is holding on in Massachusetts is
> on Martha’s Vineyard—where thousands are in residence—an island.   Jeff
> Boettner at UMass is looking at *Compsilura* as a potential explanation.
> He has some preliminary data I believe, based on sentinel larvae.
>
> I recently had *Eacles imperialis* in the Clintonville pine barrens in
> upstate New York.  The moth occurs over a broadly elliptical area from
> Clintonville to Hero, Vermont (on Lake Champlain).
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>  *From:* owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu]
> *On Behalf Of *Hugh McGuinness
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 28, 2010 2:54 PM
> *To:* Leps List
> *Subject:* Stop Please
>
> I know Leps-list is supposed to mimic the wild west, but can we stop this
> non-productive commentary about Monarch Watch and get back to the biology of
> Leps? Here are some threads I'd personally love to see discussed:
>
> 1. Anybody have some really exciting finds this past season?
> 2. Anybody noting any range expansions?
> 3. Anybody find any new exotic species this season?
> 4. Any undescribed species uncovered in your neck of the woods?
>
> I'll start:
>
> In July I found Eacles imperialis at Montauk Long Island (NY) for only the
> second time ever away from Shelter Island, where the species still thrives.
> A little later in the month I also found 3 Citheronia regalis at Montauk,
> the first time I have ever had multiple individuals on Long Island. This
> species also only occurs on Shelter Island and at Montauk. For both of these
> species, I believe that these populations are the only ones that remain in
> the state, although Eacles may hang on in the Adirondacks.
>
> Here's my question. Shelter Island is an island and Montauk is island-like
> being separated from the rest of Long Island by the open and scrubby
> Napeague isthmus. All of the other Saturniidae are more abundant in these
> two places than on the rest of LI. This has caused me to speculate that
> perhaps Saturniids persist here because of freedom from parasitoids,
> particularly from Compsilura. So my question is this: are there other
> islands on which Saturniids show increased abundance? And, is there any data
> about islands (or specific habitats) that offer relief from parasitoid loads
> in Saturniids?
>
> Hugh
>
>  On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I don't know if Monarch Watch is an up and up conservation/environmental
> organization or not but it is true that many so-called environmental
> organizations are basically just liberal democratic party lobbying groups
> with a top concern of providing good jobs for their staff. That becomes
> pretty obvious when you look at the refusal of "environmental" groups such
> as the Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, the National Wildlife
> Federation, and the League of Conservation Voters to advocate the control of
> human population growth in the United States. Liberal Democratic Elites,
> their patrons, would not like then doing that.
>
> Roger Kuhlman
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
>
> > Subject: Re: [DPLEX-L:41884] MONARCH WATCH ANNOUNCES BRING BACK THE
> > MONARCHS CAMPAIGN
> >
> > On 27/10/2010 20:11, Grkovich, Alex wrote:
> > Send money, right?
> >
> > Not a chance...
> >
> > What is the matter Alex? Been sniffing the anaesthetic again? :-)
> >
> >
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