Genetic and Morphological Variation of Butterflies in Relict Habitats
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Cravens Peak Scientific Study Report
Geography Monograph Series No. 13 Cravens Peak Scientific Study Report The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. Brisbane, 2009 The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. is a non-profit organization that promotes the study of Geography within educational, scientific, professional, commercial and broader general communities. Since its establishment in 1885, the Society has taken the lead in geo- graphical education, exploration and research in Queensland. Published by: The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc. 237 Milton Road, Milton QLD 4064, Australia Phone: (07) 3368 2066; Fax: (07) 33671011 Email: [email protected] Website: www.rgsq.org.au ISBN 978 0 949286 16 8 ISSN 1037 7158 © 2009 Desktop Publishing: Kevin Long, Page People Pty Ltd (www.pagepeople.com.au) Printing: Snap Printing Milton (www.milton.snapprinting.com.au) Cover: Pemberton Design (www.pembertondesign.com.au) Cover photo: Cravens Peak. Photographer: Nick Rains 2007 State map and Topographic Map provided by: Richard MacNeill, Spatial Information Coordinator, Bush Heritage Australia (www.bushheritage.org.au) Other Titles in the Geography Monograph Series: No 1. Technology Education and Geography in Australia Higher Education No 2. Geography in Society: a Case for Geography in Australian Society No 3. Cape York Peninsula Scientific Study Report No 4. Musselbrook Reserve Scientific Study Report No 5. A Continent for a Nation; and, Dividing Societies No 6. Herald Cays Scientific Study Report No 7. Braving the Bull of Heaven; and, Societal Benefits from Seasonal Climate Forecasting No 8. Antarctica: a Conducted Tour from Ancient to Modern; and, Undara: the Longest Known Young Lava Flow No 9. White Mountains Scientific Study Report No 10. -
Bowenia Serrulata (W
ResearchOnline@JCU This file is part of the following reference: Wilson, Gary Whittaker (2004) The Biology and Systematics of Bowenia Hook ex. Hook f. (Stangeriaceae: Bowenioideae). Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University. Access to this file is available from: http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/1270/ If you believe that this work constitutes a copyright infringement, please contact [email protected] and quote http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/1270/ The Biology and Systematics of Bowenia Hook ex. Hook f. (Stangeriaceae: Bowenioideae) Thesis submitted by Gary Whittaker Wilson B. App. Sc. (Biol); GDT (2º Science). (Central Queensland University) in March 2004 for the degree of Master of Science in the Department of Tropical Plant Science, James Cook University of North Queensland STATEMENT OF ACCESS I, the undersigned, the author of this thesis, understand that James Cook University of North Queensland will make it available for use within the University Library and by microfilm or other photographic means, and allow access to users in other approved libraries. All users consulting this thesis will have to sign the following statement: ‘In consulting this thesis I agree not to copy or closely paraphrase it in whole or in part without the written consent of the author, and to make proper written acknowledgment for any assistance which I have obtained from it.’ ………………………….. ……………… Gary Whittaker Wilson Date DECLARATION I declare that this thesis is my own work and has not been submitted in any form for another degree or diploma at any university or other institution of tertiary education. Information derived from the published or unpublished work of others has been acknowledged in the text. -
Captive Rearing of Lange's Metalmark Butterfly, 2010–2011
Captive Rearing of Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly, 2010–2011 Jana J. Johnson,1,2 Jane Jones,2 Melanie Baudour,2 Michelle Wagner,2 Dara Flannery, 2 Diane Werner,2 Chad Holden,2 Katie Virun,2 Tyler Wilson,2 Jessica Delijani,2 Jasmine Delijani,2 Brittany Newton,2 D. Gundell,2 Bhummi Thummar,2 Courtney Blakey,2 Kara Walsh,2 Quincy Sweeney,2 Tami Ware,2 Allysa Adams,2 Cory Taylor,2 and Travis Longcore1 1 The Urban Wildlands Group 2 The Butterfly Project, Moorpark College December 19, 2011 Final Report to National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly Captive Breeding/Rearing Project # 2010-0512-001 The Urban Wildlands Group P.O. Box 24020 Los Angeles, California 90024-0020 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1! Captive Rearing Methods .............................................................................................................. 3! Collection of Wild Females ....................................................................................................... 3! Adult Feeding ............................................................................................................................ 5! Butterfly Containment ............................................................................................................... 9! Morgue .................................................................................................................................... 10! Eggs ........................................................................................................................................ -
Speciation, Hybridization, and Conservation Quanderies: What Are We Protecting Anyway? J
_______________________________________________________________________________________News of The Lepidopterists’ Society Volume 58, Number 4 Conservation Matters: Contributions from the Conservation Committee Speciation, hybridization, and conservation quanderies: what are we protecting anyway? J. R. Dupuis1 and Felix A. H. Sperling2 1Dept. of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, Univ. of Hawai’i at Mãnoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96822 2Dept. of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9 [email protected] There are few scientific disciplines more prone to social purpose of protecting rare animals or plants. Since then, quandaries than conservation biology. Its multidisci- extensive conservation efforts have taken place to stabi- plinary and synthetic nature lends itself to conflicts among lize populations of Lange’s metalmark, including the es- science, money, laws, and social values, which are encap- tablishment of a captive breeding program, planting of E. sulated in questions like what should you do with limited n. psychicola, hand-clearing/herbiciding invasive plants, funding but seemingly endless needs? In insect conserva- and experimental grazing. Despite these efforts, popula- tion, these quandaries often have an added layer of taxo- tion numbers are still precariously low, with competition nomic uncertainty. When a unique population is discov- from invasive weeds and wildfires proving to be formidable ered in some remnant patch of wildland, the first question opponents. is usually is this a different species/subspecies? A ‘yes’ can open the floodgates to discussions of endemism, legal pro- While Lange’s metalmark has a wing pattern that is dis- tection, and conservation prioritization. What may have tinct from most of the A. mormo species complex, it has lit- started as a weekend collecting trip, and the excitement tle to distinguish it genetically. -
Peer Review Plan for Draft Recovery Criteria for the Lange’S Metalmark Butterfly (Apodemia Mormo Langei), Oenothera Deltoides Subsp
Peer Review Plan for Draft Recovery Criteria for the Lange’s metalmark butterfly (Apodemia mormo langei), Oenothera deltoides subsp. howellii (Antioch Dunes evening- primrose), and Erysimum capitatum var. angustatum (Contra Costa wallflower) About the Document Title: Draft Amendment Adding Recovery Criteria to the Recovery Plan for Three Endangered Species Endemic to Antioch Dunes, California: Lange’s metalmark butterfly (Apodemia mormo langei), Oenothera deltoides subsp. howellii (Antioch Dunes evening-primrose), and Erysimum capitatum var. angustatum (Contra Costa wallflower) Description of the Document: This document proposes draft recovery criteria for Lange’s metalmark butterfly (Apodemia mormo langei; Lange’s metalmark), Oenothera deltoides subsp. howellii (Antioch Dunes evening-primrose), and Erysimum capitatum var. angustatum (Contra Costa wallflower) that will be made available to the public for review and comment. The intent of the draft recovery criteria is to establish objective, measurable criteria which, when met, would result in determinations for downlisting and delisting of Lange’s metalmark, O.d. subsp. howellii, and E.c. var. angustatum. About the Peer Review Process Type of Review: Individual letters The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will provide each peer reviewer with information explaining their role and instructions for fulfilling that role, the draft recovery criteria, and a list of citations as necessary. The purpose of seeking independent peer review is to ensure use of the best scientific and commercial information available and to ensure and to maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information upon which the report is based, as well as to ensure that reviews by recognized experts are incorporated into the recovery planning process. -
Superior National Forest
Admirals & Relatives Subfamily Limenitidinae Skippers Family Hesperiidae £ Viceroy Limenitis archippus Spread-wing Skippers Subfamily Pyrginae £ Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus £ Dreamy Duskywing Erynnis icelus £ Juvenal’s Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis £ Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades Butterflies of the £ White Admiral Limenitis arthemis arthemis Superior Satyrs Subfamily Satyrinae National Forest £ Common Wood-nymph Cercyonis pegala £ Common Ringlet Coenonympha tullia £ Northern Pearly-eye Enodia anthedon Skipperlings Subfamily Heteropterinae £ Arctic Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon £ Mancinus Alpine Erebia disa mancinus R9SS £ Red-disked Alpine Erebia discoidalis R9SS £ Little Wood-satyr Megisto cymela Grass-Skippers Subfamily Hesperiinae £ Pepper & Salt Skipper Amblyscirtes hegon £ Macoun’s Arctic Oeneis macounii £ Common Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis £ Jutta Arctic Oeneis jutta (R9SS) £ Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor Northern Crescent £ Eyed Brown Satyrodes eurydice £ Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris Phyciodes selenis £ Common Branded Skipper Hesperia comma £ Indian Skipper Hesperia sassacus Monarchs Subfamily Danainae £ Hobomok Skipper Poanes hobomok £ Monarch Danaus plexippus £ Long Dash Polites mystic £ Peck’s Skipper Polites peckius £ Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles £ European Skipper Thymelicus lineola LINKS: http://www.naba.org/ The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national -
2003 Contents
THE NEWSJOURNAL OF THE TORONTO ENTOMOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION VOLUME 8, NUMBER 2 JANUARY 2003 Contents Vol. 8, No. 2 Jan. 2003 Mission Statement The Toronto Entomologists’ Association (TEA) is a non-profit educational and scientific organization formed to promote Announcements ...................................................................................................................... 21 interest in insects, to encourage co-operation Upcoming Meetings ............................................................................................................... 22 among amateur and professional Recent News submitted by Don Davis ................................................................................... 24 entomologists, to educate and inform non- entomologists about insects, entomology and Meeting Reports ..................................................................................................................... 25 related fields, to aid in the preservation of Rediscovery of the Lake Huron Locust in Ontario by Steve Marshall .............................. 26 insects and their habitats and to issue publications in support of these objectives. The Bookworm ....................................................................................................................... 27 Executive Officers: Weaving an Ant's Tail by Lydia Attard ................................................................................ 28 President Nancy van der Poorten 2002 Presqu'ile Butterfly Blitz by Philip Careless ............................................................. -
TAXONOMY Plant Family Species Scientific Name GENERAL
Plant Propagation Protocol for Eriogonum niveum ESRM 412 – Native Plant Production Protocol URL: https://courses.washington.edu/esrm412/protocols/ERNI2.pdf Spring 2014 North America Distribution Washington State Distribution Source: USDA PLANTS Database TAXONOMY Plant Family Scientific Name Polygonaceae Common Name Buckwheat Family Species Scientific Name Scientific Name Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth. Varieties Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex. Benth. var. dichotomum (Douglas ex Benth.) M.E. Jones Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex. Benth. var. decumbens (Benth.) Torr. & A. Gray Sub-species Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex. Benth. ssp. decumbens (Benth.) S. Stokes Cultivar Common Synonym(s) Eriogonum strictum Benth. var. lachnostegium Common Name(s) Snow buckwheat, canyon heather 6 Species Code (as per USDA Plants ERNI2 database) GENERAL INFORMATION Geographical range Found mainly on the grassy plains east of the Cascade Range in southern British Columbia, west-central Idaho, northeastern Oregon, and eastern Washington.1 See maps above for distribution in North America and Washington state. Ecological distribution Found in sand to gravelly flats, slopes, bluffs, and rocky, often volcanic outcrops, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities and conifer woodlands.1 Climate and elevation range Elevation: 150-1500 m 2 Cold Hardiness Zone: 5a-7a 6 Mean Annual Precipitation: 150 – 460 mm 2 Soil: Well-drained sands to clay 2 Local habitat and abundance Common in big sage (Artemissia tridentate), antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentate), and open Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) areas. It also occurs in the canyon grasslands of the Snake and Columbia River systems.2 Found primarily in full sun but will grow in partial shade such as open Ponderosa pine hillsides.6 Tolerates extremely droughty soils and is a common occupant of dry, rocky southern exposures.6 Plant strategy type / successional Colonizer 2 stage Very successful pioneer species6 Plant characteristics Rarity: Locally Common 3 Dense perennial subshrub with erect leaves. -
Nymphalidae: Melitaeini) and Their Parasitoids
72© Entomologica Fennica. 22 October 2001 Wahlberg et al. • ENTOMOL. FENNICA Vol. 12 Natural history of some Siberian melitaeine butterfly species (Nymphalidae: Melitaeini) and their parasitoids Niklas Wahlberg, Jaakko Kullberg & Ilkka Hanski Wahlberg, N., Kullberg, J. & Hanski, I. 2001: Natural history of some Siberian melitaeine butterfly species (Nymphalidae: Melitaeini) and their parasitoids. — Entomol. Fennica 12: 72–77. We report observations on the larval gregarious behaviour, host plant use and parasitoids of six species of melitaeine butterfly in the Russian Republic of Buryatia. We observed post-diapause larvae in two habitats, steppe and taiga forest region. Five species were found in the steppe region: Euphydryas aurinia davidi, Melitaea cinxia, M. latonigena, M. didymoides and M. phoebe. Three species (M. cinxia, M. latonigena and M. didymoides) fed on the same host plant, Veronica incana (Plantaginaceae). Euphydryas aurinia larvae were found on Scabiosa comosa (Dipsacaceae) and M. phoebe larvae on Stemmacantha uniflora (Asteraceae). Three species were found in the taiga region (M. cinxia, M. latonigena and M. centralasiae), of which the first two fed on Veronica incana. Five species of hymenopteran parasitoids and three species of dipteran parasitoids were reared from the butterfly larvae of five species. Niklas Wahlberg, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; E-mail: [email protected] Ilkka Hanski, Metapopulation Research Group, Department of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Population Biology, P.O. Box 17, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland; E-mail: ilkka.hanski@helsinki.fi Jaakko Kullberg, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 17, FIN- 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland; E-mail: jaakko.kullberg@helsinki.fi Received 2 February 2001, accepted 18 April 2001 1. -
Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) of the Kampinos National Park and Its Buffer Zone
Fr a g m e n t a Fa u n ist ic a 51 (2): 107-118, 2008 PL ISSN 0015-9301 O M u seu m a n d I n s t i t u t e o f Z o o l o g y PAS Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) of the Kampinos National Park and its buffer zone Izabela DZIEKAŃSKA* and M arcin SlELEZNlEW** * Department o f Applied Entomology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warszawa, Poland; e-mail: e-mail: [email protected] **Department o f Invertebrate Zoology, Institute o f Biology, University o f Białystok, Świerkowa 2OB, 15-950 Białystok, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] Abstract: Kampinos National Park is the second largest protected area in Poland and therefore a potentially important stronghold for biodiversity in the Mazovia region. However it has been abandoned as an area of lepidopterological studies for a long time. A total number of 80 butterfly species were recorded during inventory studies (2005-2008), which proved the occurrence of 80 species (81.6% of species recorded in the Mazovia voivodeship and about half of Polish fauna), including 7 from the European Red Data Book and 15 from the national red list (8 protected by law). Several xerothermophilous species have probably become extinct in the last few decadesColias ( myrmidone, Pseudophilotes vicrama, Melitaea aurelia, Hipparchia statilinus, H. alcyone), or are endangered in the KNP and in the region (e.g. Maculinea arion, Melitaea didyma), due to afforestation and spontaneous succession. Higrophilous butterflies have generally suffered less from recent changes in land use, but action to stop the deterioration of their habitats is urgently needed. -
COMMENT LETTERS RECEIVED Awan, Afifa@SLC
APPENDIX G: COMMENT LETTERS RECEIVED Awan, Afifa@SLC From: Katherine Perez <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 8:49 PM To: Awan, Afifa@SLC Subject: Re: Notice of Intent to Adopt A Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Georgia Pacific Gypsum Antioch Wharf Upgrade Project Afifa Awan, It is the recommendation of the tribe to have the propose project (Georgia Pacific Gypsum Antioch Wharf Upgrade project) monitored by both a qualified archaeological firm and native american monitor. Katherine Perez MLD Nototomne Cultural Preservation cell: (209) 649-8972 or office: (209) 887-3415 [email protected] On Tuesday, June 16, 2015 4:46 PM, "Awan, Afifa@SLC" <[email protected]> wrote: To All Interested Parties, Please find attached the Notice of Intent to Adopt A Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the Georgia Pacific Gypsum Antioch Wharf Upgrade Project. The MND can be downloaded from http://www.slc.ca.gov/Division_Pages/DEPM/Reports/Antioch_Wharf/Antioch_Wharf.html. This notice provides the date of the California State Lands Commission meeting that will consider the subject Project. Sincerely, Afifa Awan Environmental Scientist California State Lands Commission 100 Howe Avenue, Suite 100-South Sacramento, CA 95825-8202 Desk: (916) 574-1891 [email protected] 1 Awan, Afifa@SLC From: Rene Urbina <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 4:25 PM To: Comments, CEQA@SLC Cc: Teri Rie Subject: Georgia Pacifica Gypsum Antioch Wharf Upgrade Project - SCH#2015062045, CSLC File Ref: MND #778; PRC 1589.1; W30204 Hello Afifa Awan, We received the Notice of Public Review to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Georgia Pacific Gypsum Antioch Wharf Upgrade Project. -
Apodemia Mormo ) Oviposition Behaviour in Canada
34 THE CANADIAN FIELD -N ATURALIST Vol. 126 First Observations of Mormon Metalmark ( Apodemia mormo ) Oviposition Behaviour in Canada ASHLEY ANNE WICK 1, 4 , JOHANE JANELLE 2, SHELLEY PRUSS 3, and NADIR ERBILGIN 1 1Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3 Canada ; email: [email protected] 2Box 218, Val Marie, Saskatchewan S0N 2T0 Canada 3Parks Canada Agency, Western and Northern Service Centre, Calgary, Alberta T2P 3M3 Canada 4Corresponding author Wick, Ashley Anne, Johane Janelle, Shelley Pruss, and Nadir Erbilgin. 2012. First observations of Mormon Metalmark (Apodemia mormo ) oviposition behaviour in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 126(1): 3 4–37. We present new information on oviposition behaviour in the Mormon Metalmark, Apodemia mormo Felder and Felder, 1859 , documented in Grasslands National Park of Canada, Saskatchewan, in August 2011. The Mormon Metalmark is found through - out the U.S. southwest; little is known about its life history in the northern populations found in Canada. We provide photo - graphic documentation of the butterfly laying single eggs directly on soil or rocks. These observations differ from those recorded in the southern part of its range, where it lays eggs in groups of 2–4 on various locations of the host plant, Branched Umbrella- Plant, Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh. This is the first published account of oviposition behaviour of this species in Canada in the most northern part of its range. Key Words: Mormon Metalmark, Apodemia mormo, Grasslands National Park of Canada, Saskatchewan, Lepidoptera, ovipo - sition, eggs. The Mormon Metalmark, Apodemia mormo Felder Recent work on the population genetics of the Mor - and Felder, 1859, is a butterfly of the primarily neo - mon Metalmark in the northern part of its range has tropical family Riodinidae.