An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
Author
Pohl, Greg
Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton ,, Canada
Author
Anweiler, Gary
University of Alberta Strickland Entomology Museum ,, Canada
Author
Schmidt, Christian
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Canada
Author
Kondla, Norbert
Calgary ,, Canada
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Stiriini
1823 R
Plagiomimicus spumosum
(Grote, 1874) M Jul
– L Jul – – G T:
Poole
(1995)
L:
Bowman (1951)
,
Hooper (1991b)
,
Poole
(1995)
C: UASM
1824 * R
Plagiomimicus expallidus
Grote, 1883 L Jul
– E Sep – – G T:
Poole
(1995)
L:
Bowman (1951)
,
Poole
(1995)
C: CNC, UASM
1825 R
Stiria rugifrons
Grote, 1874 M Jul
– M Aug – – G T:
Poole
(1995)
L:
Bowman (1951)
,
Poole
(1995)
C: CNC, UASM
63.9.
Oncocnemidinae
Medium-sized (
30–50 mm
wingspan) moths, mostly gray or brown in color, some with bright yellow hindwings. Adults of most species are nocturnal, but a number of alpine and subalpine species are diurnal, and a number of steppe species may be active both day and night. Th e
Oncocnemidinae
were treated as a tribe of the
Cuculliinae
by Kitching and Rawlins (1999);
Fibiger and Lafontaine (2005)
have placed them in a separate subfamily, which is the treatment followed here. Th e subfamily
Oncocnemidinae
is defined by the following characters: a long narrow vesica with a field of spines on the apical half, a long spinneret, and unusually long setae on the apex of the palps. The
Oncocnemidinae
have a Holarctic distribution, but species richness is most notable in the arid parts of western North America. Th ere are about 200 described species in 10 genera in North America, the vast majority in the large genus
Sympistis
. Thirty-nine described species in four genera are reported from AB. A number of species were described by
Troubridge and Crabo (1999)
.
Troubridge (2008)
realigned the subfamily and transferred the genera
Apharetra
,
Hemistilbia
,
Adita
,
Lepipolys
,
Homoncocnemis
,
Homohadena
and
Oncocnemis
to
Sympistis
,
and described 50 new North American species, three of which occur in
Alberta
. All species of
Sympistis
were illustrated in color by
Troubridge (2008)
. Most northern species were also treated and illustrated in color in
Handfield (1999)
, and a few western species, including both adults and larvae, were treated and illustrated in color by
Miller and Hammond (2000
,
2003
). The phylogenetic order used for the subfamily here follows
Troubridge (2008)
.
1826 R
Catabena lineolata
Walker, 1865
M May – L Jul – – G T:
Forbes (1954)
L: None C: CNC, UASM
1827 * R
Pseudacontia crustaria
(Morrison, 1875) L Jun
– – G L: None C: NFRC, UASM
1828 * R
Pleromelloida conserta
(Grote, 1881)
M ApriL – L Jun M b g L: None C: CNC, OLDS, UASM
1829 * R
Pleromelloida bonuscula
(
Smith, 1898
)
L May – b G L: None C: DAM
1830 * R
Pleromelloida cinerea
(Smith, 1904) L Aug
– E Sep M – – L: None C: CNC, UASM
1831 * R
Sympistis albifasciata
(Hampson, 1906) Aug
– – G L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC
1832 * R
Sympistis saundersiana
(Grote, 1876) L Aug
– E Sep – – g T:
Forbes (1954)
L: None C: BIRD
1833 R
Sympistis occata
(Grote, 1875)
L May – M Jun – – G L:
Bowman (1951)
C: UASM
1834 * U
Sympistis umbrifascia
(Smith, 1894) Jul
– Aug M – – L:
Crumb (1956)
C: Unknown
1834.1 * P
Sympistis balteata
(Smith, 1902)
? – – G
1834.2 * P
Sympistis parvanigra
(Blackmore, 1923) Jul
– Aug M – –
1835 R
Sympistis viriditincta
(Smith, 1894) L Aug
– – g T:
Forbes (1954)
L:
Bowman (1951)
C: UASM
1836 R
Sympistis stabilis
(Smith, 1895) L Jun
– M Aug – b G L:
Bowman (1951)
,
Crumb (1956)
C: CNC, OLDS,
PMAE, UASM
1837 R
Sympistis badistriga
(Grote, 1872) M Jul
– M Aug – B g T:
Forbes (1954)
L:
Bowman (1951)
,
Crumb (1956)
,
Pohl et al.
(2004b) C: CNC, UASM
1837.1 * P
Sympistis fifia
(Dyar, 1904) Jun
– Jul M – –
1838 * R
Sympistis dinalda
(
Smith, 1908
) E Jul
– E Aug – b G T:
Forbes (1954)
L: [
Pohl et al. (2004b)
] C: CNC, OLDS, PMAE,
UASM
1839 * R
Sympistis glennyi
(Grote, 1873) L Jul
– L Aug M – – L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, UASM
1840 * R
Sympistis lepipoloides
(McDunnough, 1922) L Aug
– – G L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC
1841 R
Sympistis levis
(Grote, 1880) L Aug
– E Sep – – G L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, UASM
1842 * R
Sympistis insanina
Troubridge, 2008
L Aug
– E Sep – – G T:
Troubridge (2008)
L: [
Bowman (1951)
], [
Hooper (1992)
],
Troubridge
(2008) C: CNC, UASM
1843 R
Sympistis poliochroa
(Hampson, 1906) E Aug
– M Sep M b G L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, PMAE, UASM
1844 * R
Sympistis mackiei
(Barnes and Benjamin, 1924) M Aug
– M Sep – b G L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, OLDS, UASM
1845 R
Sympistis cibalis
(Grote, 1880) E Aug
– L Sep m b G L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, OLDS, UASM
1846 R
Sympistis regina
(Smith, 1902) L Aug
– E Sep – – G L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, UASM
1847 R
Sympistis augustus
(Harvey, 1875) M Aug
– L Sep – b G L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, UASM
1848 * R
Sympistis sandaraca
(
Buckett and Bauer, 1967
) L Aug
– L Sep M – – L: [
Bowman (1951)
] C: CNC, UASM
1849 * R
Sympistis pudorata
(Smith, 1893) Jul M
– – L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC
1850 * R
Sympistis amun
Troubridge, 2008
L Jun
– M Jul M – – T:
Troubridge (2008)
L:
Troubridge (2008)
C: CNC, UASM
1851 * R
Sympistis chons
Troubridge, 2008
L Jun
– M Jul m b G T:
Troubridge (2008)
L: [
Bowman (1951)
],
Troubridge (2008)
C: CNC, UASM
1852 * R
Sympistis riparia
(Morrison, 1875) M Jun
– L Jul – b G T:
McDunnough (1941)
,
Forbes (1954)
,
Troubridge
and Crabo (1999)
L:
Bowman (1951)
,
Troubridge (2008)
C: CNC,
OLDS, UASM
1853 * R
Sympistis chionanthi
(Smith, 1797) M Jul
– M Sep m b G T:
Forbes (1954)
L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, OLDS, UASM
1854 R
Sympistis barnesii
(Smith, 1899) Sep
– E Oct M – – L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, UASM
1855 * R
Sympistis chalybdis
(
Troubridge and Crabo, 1999
) E Aug
– L Sep M b – T:
Troubridge and Crabo (1999)
L:
Troubridge and Crabo (1999)
C: UASM
1856 * R
Sympistis piffardi
(Walker, 1862) M Aug
– b g T:
Forbes (1954)
L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, UASM
1857 * R H
Sympistis funebris
(Hübner, [1809]) L Jul
– E Aug M – – T:
Forbes (1954)
L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC
1858 * R
Sympistis dentata
(Grote, 1875) E Jul
– L Aug m B g T:
Forbes (1954)
L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, UASM
1859 * R
Sympistis anweileri
Troubridge and Lafontaine, 2008
Jul
– Aug M – – T:
Troubridge (2008)
L: [
Bowman (1951)
],
Troubridge (2008)
C: CNC,
UASM
1860 * R
Sympistis extremis
(Smith, 1890) M Aug M
– – T:
Troubridge and Crabo (1999)
L: None C: CNC, UASM
1861 * R
Sympistis wilsoni
Barnes and Benjamin, 1924 M Jul M
– – L: None C: CNC, G. J. Hilchie collection
1862 * R H
Sympistis heliophila
(Paykull, 1793) E Jul
– E Aug M B – L: None C: CNC, UASM
1863 * R H
Sympistis nigrita
(Boisduval, 1840) L Jun
– L Aug M – – T:
Forbes (1954)
L:
Bowman (1951)
C: CNC, UASM
1863.1 * P
Sympistis dayi
(Grote, 1873) L Aug
m – G 1864 * R
Sympistis pallidior
(Barnes, 1928) M Jun
– M Jul – b G T:
Troubridge and Crabo (1999)
L: [
Bowman (1951)
] C: CNC, OLDS, UASM
63.10.
Agaristinae
– foresters
Medium-sized (
30–40 mm
wingspan), brightly colored, predominantly diurnal moths with brightly colored larvae. Adults of many species are capable of sound production, which appears to be involved in courtship.
About 300 species of agaristines are known globally, mostly from tropical regions. Twenty-seven species in 12 genera occur in North America; three species are known in AB. Th e group has not been revised recently but is well defined phylogenetically (Kitching and Rawlins 1999).
1865 R
Alypia langtoni
Couper, 1865
M May – E Jul M B g L:
Bowman (1951)
,
Crumb (1956)
C: CNC, NFRC, PMAE, UASM 1866 * R
Alypia ridingsii
Grote, 1865 Jun
– Jul M – – L: None C: UASM 1867 R
Androloma maccullochii
(Kirby, 1837) M Jun
– M Jul M b – L:
Bowman (1951)
,
Crumb (1956)
C: CNC, PMAE, UASM
63.11.
Condicinae
Medium-sized (
30–50 mm
wingspan) moths. Th e subfamily is divided into two tribes,
Condicini
and
Leuconyctini
, both of which were defined in detail by
Poole
(1995)
. Both are defined mainly by characters of the male and female genitalia, as well as larval setal patterns. Larval host plants are mostly members of
Asteraceae
.
This family is most diverse in the tropics. Th e North American fauna contains some 54 species in 11 genera; four species in three genera occur in AB. The subfamily has not been revised at the species level, and the large genus
Condica
in particular is badly in need of revision.