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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES
(LEPIDOPTERA)

J.D. Lafontaine
and
J.T. Troubridge

APPENDIX 3

The following species were recorded from British Columbia in the Jones (1951) list. The first list are species deleted from the list through synonymy or taxonomic splitting of species and are independent of the identity of British Columbia material. The second list are species deleted as misidentifications or probable misidentifications. These are species that are reported so far out of their known range that they can not be accepted without voucher material. Where the original material has been located and reidentified, the correct identity is indicated. All species are listed in their current generic placement with their MONA number.

Species deleted from Jones (1951) list through taxonomic revision.

6267 Protitame hulstiaria (Tayl.) (= virginalis, McGuffin, 1972)

6589 Iridopsis emasculata (Dyar) (= larvaria, McGuffin, 1977)

6730 Euchlaena mollisaria (Hulst) (= johnsonaria, McGuffin, 1981)

6906 Nepytia canosaria (Wlk.) (west pop. described as freemani in 1963)

7536 Eupithecia multiscripta (Hulst) (= behrensata)

8034 Gnophaela latipennis (Bdv.) ssp. vermiculata (Grt.) (vermiculata a valid species)

8731 Euclidia cuspidea (Hbn.) (BC population described as ardita Francl. in 1957)

8737 Caenurgina distincta (Neum.) (= crassiuscula)

8810 Catocala cleopatra Stkr. (= faustina)

8819 Catocala pura Hulst (= semirelicta)

8820 Catocala nevadensis Beutenmüller (= semirelicta)

8828 Catocala arizonae Grt. (= junctura)

8928 Syngrapha selecta (Wlk.) (BC material revised to viridisigma)

9204 Acronicta hesperida Sm. (= dactylina)

9206 Acronicta leporina (L.) (BC material revised to vulpina)

9213 Acronicta tartarea Sm. (prob. only a melanic form of grisea)

9228 Acronicta furcifera Gn. (= hasta)

9263 Acronicta distans (Grt.) (= impressa)

9279 Merolonche ursina Sm. (= lupini)

9342 Apamea multicolor (Dyar) (= vultuosa)

9348 Apamea arctica (Freyer) (= amputatrix)

9349 Apamea castanea (Grt.) (= amputatrix)

9362 Apamea indocilis (Wlk.) (= remissa)

9364 Apamea finitima Gn. (= sordens)

9367 Apamea dubitans ssp. cogitata (cogitata a valid species)

9371 Apamea indela Sm. (= inficita)

9376 Apamea obscura (= niveivenosa)

9385 Apamea maillardi (Geyer) (= zeta)

9400 Eremobina hanhami (B. & B.) (= claudens)

9431 Parastichtis discivaria (Wlk.) (= suspecta)

9438 Hypocoena variana (Morr.) (= inquinata)

9456 Amphipoea interoceanica (Sm.) (BC material reidentified as americana)

9519 Hydraecia columbia (B. & B.) (= pallescens)

9656 Platyperigea extima (Wlk.) (= montana)

9878 Lithomoia solidaginis (Hbn.) (N. Amer. material revised to germana)

9890 Lithophane ferealis Grt. (= petulca)

9911 Lithophane torrida (Sm.) (BC material revised to pertorrida)

9969 Fishia evelina (French) (= discors )

9984 Mniotype versuta (Sm.) (= ducta)

9985 Mniotype miniota (Sm.) (= tenera)

9965 Xanthea lutea (Ström) (revised to new species)

10056 Apharetra pyralis (Sm.) (= dentata)

10162 Sympistis funesta (Paykull) (= funebris)

10273 Polia discalis (Grt.) (BC material revised to piniae)

10308 Trichordestra meodana (Sm.) (= liquida)

10310 Papestra ingravis (Sm.) (= quadrata)

10332 Anarta cordigera (Thunb.) (N. Amer. material revised to luteola)

10336 Lasionycta leucocycla (Stgr.) ssp. poca (poca a valid species)

10361 Lasionycta rainieri (Sm.) (= mutilata)

10431 Faronta albilinea (Hbn.) = diffusa)

10434 Aletia luteopallens (Sm.) (= oxygala)

10524 Nephelodes emmedonia (Cramer) (N. Amer. Material reidentified as minians)

10659 Agrotis volubilis Harv. (BC material reidentified as obliqua)

10670 Feltia ducens (Wlk.) (= jaculifera)

10718 Euxoa colata (Grt.) (= lewisi)

10726 Euxoa esta Sm. (= atomaris)

10730 Euxoa thanatologia (Dyar) (= adumbrata)

10764 Euxoa stigmatalis (Sm.) ssp. atrofusca (Sm.) (atrofusca = tessellata)

10780 Euxoa luteotincta McD. (= comosa)

10780 Euxoa ontario (Sm.) (= comosa)

10780 Euxoa quinquelinea of authors (= comosa)

10785 Euxoa holoberba Sm. (= infausta)

10785 Euxoa sponsa Sm. (= infausta)

10786 Euxoa perfusca (Grt.) (= satis)

10807 Euxoa verticalis (Grt.) (= albipennis)

10809 Euxoa lindseyi Blkmre. (= catenula)

10816 Euxoa excelllens (Grt.) (= perexcellens)

10822 Euxoa andera Sm. (= hollemani)

10851 Euxoa redimicula (Morr.) (BC material revised to auripennis)

10865 Euxoa exculta( Sm.) (= perpolita)

10866 Euxoa incognita Sm. (= nomas)

10891 Ochropleura plecta (L.) (N. Amer. material revised to new species)

10915 Peridroma margaritosa (Haw.) (= saucia)

10917 Diarsia cynica (Sm.) (= rubifera)

10923 Protexarnis balanitis (Grt.) (= squalida)

10927 Spaelotis havilae (Grt.) (BC material revised to new species)

10928 Graphiphora haruspica (Grt.) (= augur)

10954 Xestia collaris (Grt. & Rob.) (= bugrai)

10967 Xestia elimata (Gn.) BC material (revised to new species)

10974 Setagrotis plantifrons (Sm.) (= pallidicollis)

10975 Setagrotis cinereicollis (Grt.) (= pallidicollis)

10995 Cerastis cornuta (Grt.) (BC material reivised to enigmatica)

11018 Abagrotis sambo (Sm.) (= trigona)

11050 Pronoctua pyrophiloides (Harv.) (BC material revised to peabodyae)

11052 Ufeus electra Sm. (= plicatus)

11052 Ufeus hulsti Sm. (= plicatus)

11063 Pyrrhia umbra (Hufn.) (= adela)

11082 Schinia scutosa (Hufn.) (= nuchalis)

11190 Schinia separata (Grt.) (= acutilinea)

Species deleted from Jones (1951) list as probable misidentifications.

6248 Ceranemota tearlei (Hy. Edw.) (reident. as albertae Clarke)

6305 Itame denticuloides (Hulst) (misident. southern species)

6352 Semiothisa granitata (Gn.) (Eastern species)

6401 Semiothisa meadearia (Pack.) (= subminiata, McGuffin, 1972)

6461 Stenoporpia dissonaria Hulst (misident. southern species)

6582 Anacamptodes vellivolata (Hulst) (Eastern species)

6684 Drepanulatrix bifilata (Hulst) (misident. southern species)

6728 Euchlaena effecta (Wlk.) (misident., McGuffin, 1981)

6733 Euchlaena amoenaria (Gn.) (misident., McGuffin, 1981)

6798 Ennomos subsignaria (Hbn.) (Eastern species)

7046 Nemoria bistriaria Hbn. (Eastern species)

7047 Nemoria rubrifrontaria (Pack.) (Eastern species)

7175 Leptostales hepaticaria (Gn.) (Southeastern US)

7239 Hydriomena pluviata (Gn.) (incl. transfigurata) (both are eastern)

7461 Eupithecia subvirens Dietze (misident. Calif. species)

7463 Eupithecia chiricahuata McD. (misident. Arizona species)

7602 Eupithecia implorata (Hulst) (misident. Calif. species)

7603 Eupithecia cestata (Hulst) (misident. Calif. species)

7641 Lobophora montanata Pack. (Southern Rockies)

7701 Malacasoma americanum (F.) (Eastern sp. mislabelled or misident.)

7724 Coloradia pandora Blake (escaped or mislabelled)

8353 Zanclognatha ochreipennis (Grt.) (Eastern species)

8618 Drasteria graphica Hbn. (Eastern species)

8714 Zale calycanthata (J.E. Sm.) (Eastern species)

9184 Colocasia flavicornis (Sm.) (Eastern species)

9237 Acronicta interrupta Gn. (Eastern species)

9243 Acronicta ovata Grt. (Eastern species)

9392 Luperina morna (Stkr.) (misident. venosa)

9529 Aseptis perfumosa (Hamp.) (Calif. species)

9680 Elaphria georgei (Moore & Rawson) (Eastern species)

9684 Elaphria grata Hbn. (Eastern species)

9979 Xylotype capax (Grt.) (reident. as acadia)

10072 Oncocnemis hayesi Grt. (misident. sandaraca ?)

10187 Cucullia solidaginis (Stkr.) (= serraticornis; Calif. & AZ)

10240 Scotogramma densa Sm. (would need a specimen)

10244 Discestra nevada (= ptilodonta) (Great Basin and southern Rockies)

10287 Polia montara (Sm.) (Southwestern US)

10304 Trichordestra legitima (Grt.) (Eastern species)

10341 Lasionycta phoca (Moesch.) (Eastern species)

10363 Lasionycta sedilis (Sm.) (Colorado)

10537 Homorthodes mania (Stkr.) (Arizona and New Mex.)

10602 Hexorthodes senatoria (Sm.) (Arizona and New Mex.)

10674 Feltia subgothica (Haw.) (misident. jaculifera ?)

10687 Copablepgharon viridisparsum Dod (reident. as absidum)

10706 Euxoa dissona Mösch.) (Northeastern species)

10725 Euxoa feniseca (Grt.) (= fuscigera, a Calif. species)

11045 Rhynchagrotis anchocelioides (Gn.) (Eastern species)

11157 Schinia biundulata Sm. (escaped or mislabelled)

11091 Schinia perminuta (Hy. Edw.) (misident. villosa ?)

APPENDIX 4

Exotic Lepidoptera in British Columbia (Additions and corrections)

Smith (1994) gives a list of 67 exotic Lepidoptera species recorded in British Columbia, with the comment that this is only a partial list that has been extracted from four literature sources.

Four species must be deleted from this list since they are listed twice:

Coleophora fuscedinella (a synonym of C. serratella, which is also listed)

Cnephasia longana (listed twice)

Pardia cynosbatella (listed also as P. cynasbatella [sic])

Rhopobota naevana (listed twice)

Three species are native and occur in British Columbia naturally, the latter two as seasonal migrants:

Melanchra picta (Harr.)

Peridroma saucia (Hbn.)

Trichoplusia ni (Hbn.)

Four species appear to have been reported in error:

Cnephasia interjectana (Haw.)

Cnephasia stephensiana (Dbldy.)

Deidamia inscripta (Harr.)

Papilio polyxenes F.

To the remaining 56 species, the following 33 can be added, bringing the total of exotic species to 89:

Coleophoridae

Coloephora mayrella (Hbn.) (Palaearctic)

Coloephora spinella (Schrank) (Palaearctic)

Coloephora trifolii (Curt.) (Palaearctic)

Gelechiidae

Scrobipalpa atriplicella (F. v. Röslerstamm) (Palaearctic)

Dichomeris marginella (F.) (Palaearctic)

Geometridae

Ennomos alniaria (L.) (Palaearctic)

Gracillariidae

Phyllonorycter blancardella (F.) (Palaearctic)

Phyllonorycter mespilella (Hbn.) (Palaearctic)

Noctuidae

Apamea ophiogramma (Esper) (Palaearctic)

Noctua comes Hbn. (Palaearctic)

Calophasia lunula (Hufn.) (Palaearctic)

Macronoctua onusta Grt. (Eastern North. Am.)

Xestia xanthographa (F.) (Palaearctic)

Oecophoridae

Agonopterix alstroemeriana (Cl.) (Palaearctic)

Agonopterix nervosa (Haw.) (Palaearctic)

Depressaria daucella (L.) (Palaearctic)

Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Staint.) (Palaearctic)

Carcina quercana (F.) (Palaearctic)

Psychidae

Dahlica triquetrella (Hbn.) (Palaearctic)

Pyralidae

Achroia grisella (F.) (Palaearctic)

Aglossa caprealis (Hbn.) (Palaearctic)

Cadra cautella (Wlk.) (tropics)

Ephestia elutella (Hbn.) (Old World tropics)

Etiella zinckenella (Tr.) (Palaearctic)

Pyralis farinalis L. (Palaearctic)

Trachycera suavella (Zinck.) (Palaearctic)

Schreckensteiniidae

Schreckensteinia festaliella (Hbn.) (Palaearctic)

Tineidae

Nemapogon granella (L.) (Palaearctic)

Trichophaga tapetzella (L.) (Palaearctic)

Tortricidae

Enarmonia formosana (Scop.) (Palaearctic)

Yponomeutidae

Yponomeuta padella (L.) (Palaearctic)

Ypsolophidae

Ypsolopha dentella (F.) (Palaearctic)

Ypsolopha ustella (Cl.) (Palaearctic)