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 2010 2010-03-05 38 38 1 549 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.38.383 aa97d560-1969-4b79-93bb-2614b7835c0e 1313–2970 576629 54. Uraniidae – swallowtail moths Mostly small ( 15–20 mm wingspan) moths reminiscent of geometrids. Most North American species have drably colored wings, but several tropical species, including one stray in the southern United States , are very large, brightly colored species that are reminiscent of papilionids. Th e family is defined by characters of the abdominal tympanum and wing venation. Some species, including the AB species, have notched hindwings. Th ese moths exhibit a unique resting behaviour: the forewings are outstretched and appressed to the substrate, while the hindwings are held partially folded along the side of the abdomen. Larvae are often gregarious in a web, and they feed on a variety of plants. Approximately 700 species of Uraniidae are known worldwide, primarily from the tropics. Nine species are known in North America; one of these occurs in AB. North American species have not been revised recently; the sole AB species was illustrated by Covell (1984) .