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{"title":"First Record of the Skipper Bolla mancoi (Lindsey, 1925) (Hesperiidae) for Brazil in an Amazonian Protected Area","authors":"José Ricardo Assmann Lemes, R. Siewert, O. H. Hendrik Mielke, M. Casagrande","doi":"10.18473/lepi.75i3.a9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i3.a9","url":null,"abstract":"P re vi ou s st ud ie s Puerto Bermúdez, Río Pichis, [Pasco], Peru (type locality) Lindsey, 1925 Chanchamayo, Junín, Peru Evans, 1953 Carabaya, Puno, Peru Evans, 1953 Yungas, La Paz, Bolivia Evans, 1953 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Evans, 1953 Explorer Inn's Reserve, Tambopata, Madre de Dios, Peru Lamas, 1994 Pakitza, Parque Nacional del Manu, Madre de Dios, Peru Robbins et al., 1996 Jatun Sacha Biological Station, Tena, Napo, Ecuador Murray, 2000 Mamacona, Parque Nacional Madidi, [Beni], Bolivia Guerra et al., 2019","PeriodicalId":259893,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society","volume":"203 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123225564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Prepupa of Calindoea trifascialis (Lepidoptera, Thyrididae)","authors":"T. Hawes","doi":"10.18473/lepi.75i3.a5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i3.a5","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT. A prepupa is a non-feeding stage that occurs between the final feeding larval instar and the pupa. It is less common in Lepidoptera because most species pass relatively directly from feeding cessation to pupation. This paper describes the occurrence of such a stage in the thyridid moth, Calindoea trifascialis (Moore). The prepupa is primarily a functional designation based on attributes associated with an extended wandering phase. The distinctness of this stage was demarcated by observed changes in the integument at the transition point to the prepupa. It was also corroborated by morphometric comparisons of length and mass with the final feeding instar. Measures of head capsule width indicated a potential stage-based departure from the Brooks-Dyar rule. The model fit changed with the number of instars assigned to the life cycle and depending on whether the prepupa was considered as a distinct instar. In the latter case the deviation was marked; but with the prepupa excluded, the growth curves still hinted at compensatory adjustments to growth increment prior to the non-feeding period. Molting was cryptic as a result of the use of leaf shelters and the consumption of exuviae after ecdysis.","PeriodicalId":259893,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128181786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Butterfly Biodiversity on Isla Socorro, Mexico, with Comments on the Taxonomic Status of the Endemic Hairstreak Strymon istapa socorroica (Lycaenidae)","authors":"E. Pfeiler, Isai D. Barba‐Acuña, P. L. Hernández-Cervantes, T. Markow","doi":"10.18473/lepi.75i3.a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i3.a1","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT. Lepidoptera biodiversity on Isla Socorro, a small volcanic island in the Islas Revillagigedo Archipelago located off the west coast of Mexico, is poorly known. The native flora of this island was severely degraded for more than 140 years of overgrazing by introduced feral sheep. Sheep were successfully eradicated in 2012, and the habitat is now beginning to recover. The few published records of the butterfly fauna (eight species), however, were obtained more than 30 years ago, well before sheep removal. Here we provide results of a recent survey of the Lepidoptera based on collecting and observation of adult butterflies during November, 2019. We confirmed that five of the eight previously recorded species are still present, and in addition show that Pyrisitia lisa centralis (Pieridae) has now become established. We also analyzed DNA barcodes from the endemic hairstreak Strymon istapa socorroica (Lycaenidae) that support maintaining its subspecies status. Whether the three previously recorded species not seen by us have been extirpated will require more exhaustive sampling.","PeriodicalId":259893,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126113078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Genomic Data Support the Elevation of the Federally Listed El Segundo Blue (Euphilotes bernardino/Battoides allyni) to Species Status","authors":"D. Rubinoff, Travis Longcore, J. Dupuis, Kendall H. Osborne","doi":"10.18473/lepi.75i2.a10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i2.a10","url":null,"abstract":"The El Segundo Blue, Euphilotes battoides allyni (also listed as Euphilotes bernardino allyni), was described in the genus Shijimiaeoides as part of the battoides species group by Shields (1975). Both the genus and species group assignments in Euphilotes have undergone repeated revisions and reassignments (e.g., Pelham 2008, Pratt and Emmel 1998) and debate is active about which taxa merit species status or belong to which species in each of the three groups (E. rita, E. battoides and E. enoptes). Even the species assignment for the El Segundo Blue, perhaps one of the most intensively studied butterflies in the United States, is divided between E. battoides allyni (Pratt and Emmel 1998, Scott 1986, USFWS 2008) and E. bernardino allyni (Mattoni et al. 2001, Shields and Reveal 1988). All Euphilotes rely entirely on Buckwheats (Eriogonum, Polygonaceae), feeding on the inflorescences as larvae, and nectaring on the flowers as adults. Often, when different species of Euphilotes are sympatric, each relies on a single, different, species of Eriogonum, even when several buckwheat species are present in an area. Thus, a combination of morphological, phenological and hostplant data are often needed to separate species in the genus (Opler and Wright 1999). Because of its unique ecology and limited habitat on coastal sand dunes in southern California, the El Segundo Blue (ESB) was one of the first insects listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1976, only a few months after the first insect listed, Schaus’ Swallowtail (Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus). ESB has been the subject of intensive ecological studies and reintroduction efforts (Mattoni 1992, Mattoni et al. 2000, 2001), but has remained precariously limited in its range. In 2004, a morphologically similar population was discovered on coastal sand dunes, whose larvae also feed on Eriogonum parvifolum, over 150 miles to the north at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in Santa Barbara County. This population was assigned to E. battoides allyni based on ecology and mitochondrial DNA haplotype information (Pratt and Stouthamer 2008). If this were actually E. b. allyni, it would have constituted a substantial extension to its known range and suggested a much more secure future for the species, being present on protected dunes on VAFB. Dupuis et al. (2020) conducted a genomic study of Euphilotes populations on multiple species of Eriogonum across southern California encompassing the new VAFB populations, ESB from all populations and other E. bernardino/ battoides populations from Santa Barbara through San Diego counties, including butterflies from coastal, inland desert and montane habitats. Their results not only demonstrated that ESB was not closely related to the populations at VAFB, but also that they were highly divergent from all surrounding E. bernardino / battoides populations (Fig. 1). The original subspecific description of E. b. allyni notes that two male E. battoides from Cedros Island, Baja Ca","PeriodicalId":259893,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123290508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Distribution and Habitat Preferences of a Frosted Elfin Subspecies (Callophrys irus hadros, Lycaenidae) in Arkansas","authors":"Caralee A. Shepard, Leah C. Crenshaw, Emily M. Baldwin, Keane Sammon, Kaylen M. Holman, Drew A. Gazaway, Natalie E. Phelan, W. H. Baltosser, Melissa Lombardi, M. Moran, Maureen R. McClung","doi":"10.18473/lepi.75i2.a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i2.a3","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT. The frosted elfin (Callophrys irus) contains a disjunct subspecies (C. i. hadros) found in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana that is being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act as part of the C. irus complex. We assessed the distribution and habitat preferences of this subspecies in Arkansas. From 2018-2020, we surveyed sites of historical records and other suspected habitat for the butterfly and measured habitat variables that could predict occupancy. We detected C. i. hadros at 45 sites out of 208 sites with Baptisia host plants. Host plant number, density, and patch area were significant predictors of butterfly presence. A targeted analysis of one large population found habitat differences between occupied sites and randomly selected sites within the habitat (MANOVA, F7,46 = 2.47, p = 0.031). Individual contrasts showed that Baptisia percent cover (p = 0.008) and Baptisia abundance (p = 0.016) were higher at occupied sites compared to random sites, while shrub percent cover was lower at occupied sites (p = 0.044). Our results indicate that habitat requirements for this species are somewhat flexible, provided larval host plant species are present at a reasonably large site. Callophrys irus hadros appears widespread but local in the southern and western portions of Arkansas, with many more populations than previously known. However, the majority of detections occurred on public and private rights-of-way, such as utility lines and roadsides. Thus, conservation plans for the frosted elfin may benefit from incorporating habitats currently managed for anthropogenic, rather than conservation, purposes.","PeriodicalId":259893,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133511757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Three Nearctic Eucosmini (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) with Discordant Genus Level Characteristics: Two New Species and a New Combination","authors":"D. J. Wright, T. Gilligan","doi":"10.18473/lepi.75i2.a5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i2.a5","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT. Morphological characters traditionally utilized to separate the olethreutine genera Eucosma Hübner, Pelochrista Lederer, Epiblema Hübner, and Sonia Heinrich are discussed along with three eucosmine species for which these characters fail to unambiguously determine a generic placement. Eucosma aquilana, sp. n., and Epiblema alba, sp. n., are described from southeastern United States, and Sonia fulminana (Walsingham) is reviewed and transferred to Epiblema comb. n.","PeriodicalId":259893,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125011841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Description of the Immature Stages and Natural History of Doxocopa laurentia cherubina (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) with Comparison to Doxocopa laure laure (Drury, 1773) (Nymphalidae: Apaturinae)","authors":"Carmen Rojas-Ugalde, L. Murillo-Hiller","doi":"10.18473/lepi.75i2.a8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i2.a8","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT. Doxocopa laurentia cherubina, was reared in order to document its immature stages and behavioral features. A cohort of 22 eggs of D. l. cherubina was bred in captivity in San Pedro, San José on Celtis iguanaea as host plant. The eggs, all larva instars and the pupa were described and measured; the total time from egg laying to butterfly emerging was 58 ± 3 days. The larva of D. l. cherubina, like the other known larvae of the genus, shows a well-developed cryptic pattern on the Celtis host, especially in the third, fourth and fifth instars when the larvae flatten their head (which is green posteriorly) against the leaf surface. The mature larva and the pupa of D. l. cherubina are very similar to those of D. clothilda, D. excelsa, and D. l. laure. Morphological comparison of immature stages were done with the sympatric D. l. laure and photographs of both life cycles are presented. Notes on habitat and ecology are given and data show that this species is present as adults mainly during the rainy season.","PeriodicalId":259893,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130615195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Alypiodes flavilinguis Grote, 1883 as a Valid Species (Noctuidae, Agaristinae)","authors":"John W. Gruber, Tanner A. Matson, D. Wagner","doi":"10.18473/lepi.75i2.a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i2.a1","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT. Alypiodes Grote currently includes four recognized species of day-flying agaristine noctuids from Mexico and the American Southwest. Here we add a fifth, elevating the name Alypiodes flavilinguis Grote 1883 rev. status from synonymy. DNA barcodes, larval characters, and adult markings that reliably differentiate Alypiodes flavilinguis from Alypiodes bimaculata and other species in the genus are enumerated. Adults, including their male and female genitalia, and the larvae are illustrated for both species.","PeriodicalId":259893,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society","volume":"24 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123057769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identification and Distribution of the Petrophila fulicalis Species Group (Crambidae): Taking Advantage of Citizen Science Data","authors":"Chad L. Sexton","doi":"10.18473/lepi.75i2.a4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i2.a4","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT. Six very similar species of Petrophila Guilding are reviewed and distinguished: P. fulicalis (Clements 1860), P. confusalis (Walker, [1866]), P. canadensis (Munroe, 1972), P. santafealis (Heppner, 1976), P. hodgesi (Munroe, 1972), and P. heppneri (Blanchard & Knudson, 1983). Large digital image sets derived from citizen science databases are used to supplement traditional data sources to elucidate suites of useful diagnostic characters. These expanded data sets allow for examination of phenotypic variation across ranges and for enhanced understanding of distributional patterns. The advantages and disadvantages of such data sets are discussed and existing data gaps are identified.","PeriodicalId":259893,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society","volume":"335 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121577689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A New Subspecies of Lon taxiles (W. H. Edwards, 1861) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the Great Plains","authors":"S. Spomer","doi":"10.18473/lepi.75i2.a7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.75i2.a7","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT. A new subspecies of Lon taxiles (W. H. Edwards, 1861) is described from the Pine Ridge of Nebraska and Black Hills of South Dakota. It is distinguished by the presence of distinct white spots on the VHW of females and darker males than specimens from other parts of its range.","PeriodicalId":259893,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125715944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}