Moths of western North America. 4. Distribution of "Oecophoridae" (sense of Hodges 1983) of western North America

Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Powell, Jerry A.; Opler, Paul A.

Source:

Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Insect Biodiversity Museum, Colorado State University, Department of Entomology, Fort Collins, CO, p.59 (1996)

Call Number:

B96POW01IDUS

URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86034

Keywords:

Agonopterix alstroemeriana, Agonopterix canadensis, Agonopterix nubiferella, Agonopterix psoraliella, Agonopterix rosaciliella, Agonopterix sabulella, Chambersia haydenella, Depressaria leptotaeniae, Depressaria multifidae, Depressaria pastinacella, Depressaria yakimae, Depressariodes umbraticostella, Ethmia albistrigella, Ethmia monticola, Exaeretia ciniflonella, Oecophoridae, Polix coloradella, Semioscopis megamicrella, Semioscopis packardella

Abstract:

This atlas is the first in a series of atlases detailing the distributional occurrence of the moths of North America. The atlas of species traditionally assigned to "Oecophoridae" covers the documented distribution of groups of "microlepidoptera" whose taxonomic relationships are now being reconsidered. This annotated atlas is to the 180 described and 10 undescribed species of taxa formerly assigned to the family Oecophoridae (e.g. Hodges 1983) that occur in the western United States and southern portions of the western Canadian provinces. Some records for the northern states of Mexico are included; species that occur in Mexico but not in the U. S. are excluded. Most of the taxa have been subjects of fairly recent taxonomic study. The Stenomatinae were treated by Duckworth (1964), the ethmiids by Powell (1973), and the remainder by Hodges (1974), who was assisted by the prior monographic treatment of Clarke (1941). In this atlas, a dot in a county, Mexican state, or Canadian province is based on a specimen in an institutional collection or private collection or primary literature record such as a citation in an original description or a monograph. Records may represent either resident or stray status, although the vast majority of the records in this volume represent residents because these small moths are not know to migrate or disperse long distances. Caution is advised since some ethmiid moths, notably Ethmia discostrigella and E. festiva, have been collected long distances from the nearest caterpillar host plants. Although many dots represent recent collections, some are quite old. Hence the presence of a dot does not necessarily imply current residence.

Notes:

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Citation (CSE style): Powell JA, Opler PA. 1996. Moths of western North America. 4, Distribution of "Oecophoridae" (sense of Hodges 1983) of western North America. Fort Collins (CO): Department of Entomology, Colorado State University. 59 p. (Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Insect Biodiversity Museum).