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
text
ZooKeys
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2010-03-05
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journal article
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Amphipyrinae
Medium-sized (
30–50 mm
wingspan) moths. Most are gray or brown, but also included are the beautiful green species of the genus
Feralia
and the colorful stiriines. The larvae feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs (Amphyrini and Psaphidini) or herbaceous plants, particularly
Asteraceae
(
Stiriini
). The group has undergone several reorganizations (
Poole
1995
; Kitching and Rawlins 1999;
Fibiger and Lafontaine 2005
; Lafontaine and Schmidt in press) and now includes the Psaphidini, which until very recently (
Wagner et al. 2008
) was considered a separate subfamily, as were the
Stiriini (
Poole 1995
)
.
The family
Amphipyrinae
is Holarctic in distribution, with about 220 species in
North America. Eleven species in six genera occur in AB.