A CHECK-LIST OF THE OF SASKATCHEWAN PART 2 - PROMINENT MOTHS ()

RONALD R. HOOPER, Box 757, Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan. SOG ISO

Prominent Moths are medium-sized and of various shades of brown. They re¬ semble Owlet Moths () but have longer abdomens in proportion to their size; they usually lack a central spot on the underside of the hind wings, and the males have pectinate (feather-like) antennae. Yellow-necked Apple Worm R. Hooper The striped lack pro-legs at their ventral ends, which are often extend¬ ed in the air.

Abbreviations are used in the text for directions (n north, s south, e east, w west).

White-C Chocolate-tip - albosigma Fitch — s Saskatchewan, n to Cumberland House, Deschambault Lake and Smoothstone Lake. White-dotted Prominent R. Hooper

Striped Chocolate-tip - C. strigosa (Grt.) — Fissured Prominent - rimosa Pack Greenwater Lake, Duck Mountain — s Saskatchewan, n to La Ronge and Park, Maryfield and Moose Mountain Buffalo Narrows. Park. Elegant Prominent - elegans Bruce's Chocolate-tip - C. brucei (Hy. (Stkr.) — s Saskatchewan, n to La Edw.) — Douglas Park. Ronge.

Common Chocolate-tip - C. apicalis (Wlk.) Base-streaked Prominent - — s Saskatchewan, n to Otter Rapids. scitipennis Wlk. (N. stragula Grt.) — s Saskatchewan, n to Somme, Bjorkdale Yellow-necked Apple Worm - and Saskatoon. ministra (Drury) — s Saskatchewan, n to Saskatoon. Simple Prominent - N. simplaria Graef — s Saskatchewan, n to Somme. White-dotted Prominent - gibbosa Double-toothed Prominent - biden- (J.E. Smith) — throughout tata Wlk. — Roche Percee and Fort Saskatchewan. Qu'Appelle.

46(1). March 1988 7 Small Pebble - septentrionis Chestnut - S. badia (Pack.) — Wlk — throughout Saskatchewan. Cumberland House and Erwood.

Avimacula Pebble -G. avimacula Hudson Variegated Prominent - S. unicornis (J.E. — Fort Qu'Appelle. Smith) — Trout Lake (n of La Ronge).

Lintner's Pebble -G. lintneri (Grt.) — Fort Red-humped -5. concinna 0-E. Qu'Appelle. Smith) — s Saskatchewan, n to Smeaton. Gray - (Wlk.) — s Saskatchewan, n to Battlefords Park. Black-blotched Schizura - 5. leptinoides (Grt.) — s Saskatchewan, n to La Kitten - F. occidentalis (Lint.) — Ronge. s Saskatchewan, n to Hudson Bay and Loon Lake. Red-washed Prominent - semirufescens (Wlk.) — s Saskat¬ - F. scolopendrina (Bdv.) — chewan, n to La Ronge. s Saskatchewan, n to Greenbush Campsite. Angle-lined Oligocentria - O. perangulata (Hy. Edw.) — Preeceville, Fort Qu'Ap¬ Modest Kitten - F. modesta (Hudson) — pelle and Trossachs. s Saskatchewan, n to Wadena and Battlefords Park. EXPECTED

Black-etched Prominent - sciti- Angle-lined Prominent - scripta Wlk. — Kamsack. (Hbn.) — e Canada, w to Rocky Moun¬ tain House, Alberta. White-headed Prominent - albifrons (J.E. Smith) — Maryfield. Angulose Prominent - angulosa (J.E. Smith) — w to Brandon, Manitoba. Sharp-toothed Symmerista - 5. canicosta Franc. — Tantallon. Georgian Prominent - Fiyperaeschra georgica (H.-S.) — w to Brandon, Black-spotted Prominent - Manitoba. anguina (J.E. Smith) — s Saskatchewan, n to Fort Qu'Appelle, Moose Jaw and White Furcula - Furcula borealis (Guer- Estuary. Meneville) — recorded w to Edmon¬ ton, Alberta by K. Bowman. White-blotched - Hetero- campa umbrata Wlk. — Maryfield. 1 COVELL, C.V., Jr. 1984. A field guide to the moths of eastern North America. Saddled Prominent - FI. guttivitta (Wlk.) Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. — Maryfield and Tantallon. 2 FORBES, W.T.M. 1948. of New York and neighboring states, Part II. Cor¬ Double-lined Prominent - nell. Univ. Agric. Experiment Stn., Ithaca, N.Y. bilineata (Pack.) — e Saskatchewan, w to Trossachs, n to Cumberland House. 3 SORENSEN, J.T. 1971. A survey of the Notodontidae present in the University of White-tipped Prominent - Schizura Minnesota collection. The Mid-continent ipomoeae Dbldy. — s Saskatchewan, Lepidoptera Series, V. 2(26). St. Paul, Minn. n to Gilbert Lake (se of Southend).

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