Preliminqry Checklist Butterflies and Moths Are an Integral Part of the Wildlife of the Big Muddy National Fish and Overton Bottoms North Wildlife Refuge

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Buttet"fly qncl Moth Preliminqry Checklist Butterflies and moths are an integral part of the wildlife of the Big Muddy National Fish and Overton Bottoms North Wildlife Refuge. This preliminary checklist has Vnit been prepared by refuge staff, with assistance from members of the Boone's Lick Chapter of the Big Muc\c\y National Fish Missouri Master Naturalist Program and the Friends of Big Muddy. Note that it is not a anc\ Wilc\life Refuge complete list of all butterflies and moths that occur on this refuge unit. Instead, it is a preliminary checklist of species that have been documented as occurring on this refuge unit during 2006, 2007 and 2008. This list will be expanded as additional species are identified and documented.

Please provide information on sightings of additional species to the refuge at [email protected] or by writing the refuge address on the back of this brochure. Assistance in collecting and identifying species was provided by members of the Boone's Lick Chapter of the Missouri Master Naturalist Program:

Missouri Master Naturalist Program c/o Boone County Extension 1012 N. Highway UU Columbia, MO 65203 (573) 445-9792 http://extension.missouri.edu/masternaturalistl

Additional assistance and printing provided by: Friends of Big Muddy 4200 New Haven Road Columbia, MO 65201

http://www. friendsofbigmuddy .org/ friends @friendsofbigmuddy .org

December 2008 BVlTERFLI ES

SKIPPERS Question Mark or Violet Tip Polygonia interrogationis Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus clarus (Fabricius) (Cramer) Co~ma or Hop Merchant Polygonia comma (Harris) Southern Cloudy Wing Thorybes bathyllus (J.E. Pamted Lady Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) Smith) Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta rubria (Fruhstorfer) Hayhurst's Scallopwing Staphylus hayhurstii (W.H. Common Buckeye Junonia coenia Hubner Edwards) Viceroy Limenitis archippus archippus (Cramer) Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis (Grote) Red-spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax Common Sooty Wing Pholisora catul/us (Fabricius) (Fabricius) Delaware Skipper Atrytone logan logan (W.H. Goatweed Leafwing Anaea andria Scudder Edwards) Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & Hobomok Skipper Poanes hobomok (Harris) Leconte) · Taxiles Skipper Poanes taxiles (W.H. Edwards) Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton clyton Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes via/is (W.H. Edwards) (Boisduval & Leconte) Juvenal's Dusky Wing Erynnis juvenalis juvenalis Little Wood Satyr Megisto cyme/a cyme/a (Cramer) (Fabricius) Wood Nymph Cercyonis pega/a (Fabricius) Monarch Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus) SWALLOWTAILS Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus (Cramer) Black Swallowtail Papilio po/yxenes asterius Stoll MOTHS Giant Swallowtail Papilla cresphontes (Cramer) Tiger Swallowtail Pterourus glaucus g/aucus (Linnaeus) LEAF ROLLER MOTHS Spicebush Swallowtail Pterourus troilus troilus Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth Choristoneura (Linnaeus) rosaceana (Harris) Sparganothis Fruitworm Moth Sparganothis WHITES AND SULPHURS sulfureana (Clemens) Checkered White Ponita protodice (Boisduval & Basswood Leaf Roller Moth Pantographa limata Leconte) Cabbage White Pieris rapae PYRALID/ SNOUT MOTHS European Cabbage Butterfly Artogeia rapae Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth Saucrobotys futilalis (Linnaeus) . (Lederer) Falcate Orange Tip Falcapica midea (Hubner) European Corn Borer Moth Ostrinia nubi/alis Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice philodice Godart (Hubner) Alfalfa Butterfly Colias eurytheme Boisduval Pyralid Moth Pyrausta insequalis (Guenee) Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae eubu/e Celery Webworm Moth Nomophi/a nearctica Munroe (Linnaeus) Grape Leaf Folder Moth Desmia funeralis (Hubner) Little Sulphur Pyrisitia lisa lisa (Boisduval & Leconte) Spotted Beet Webworm Moth Hymenia perspectalis Sleepy Orange Abaeis nicippe (Cramer) (Hubner) Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole Boisduval White-spotted Orange Moth Diastictis argyralis (Hubner) GLOSSAMER-WING BUTTERFLIES Vagabond Crambus Agriphi/a vulgivagella (Clemens) Bronze Copper Hyllolycaena hyllus (Cramer) Sod Webworm Pediasia trisectus Walker Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Hubner Snowy Urola Moth Urola niva/is (Drury) Eastern-tailed Blue Everes comyntas comyntas Nephopterix Moth Nephopterix basilaris (Zeller) (Godart) Yellow-fringed Dolichomia dolichomia olinalis INCHWORMS BRUSHFOOTED BUTTERFLIES Orange Wing Melli/la xanthometata (Walker) American Snout Libytheana carinenta (Cramer) D~rk-wa~ed Angle Semiothisa snoviata (Packard) Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia (Cramer) D1morph1c Gray Tomas scolopacinarius Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele cybe/e Cranberry Spanworm Anavitrinella pampinaria ( (Fabricius) Buttercup Moth Xanthotype urticaria Swett Regal Fritillary Speyeria idalia (Drury) Crocus Geometer Xanthotype sospeta (Drury) Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos tharos (Drury) Pale Metanema Metanema inatomaria Guenee Confused Eusarca Eusarca confusaria (Hubner) Yellow-shouldered slug Lithacodes fsciola Curve-Toothed Geometer Eutrapela clemataria (J.E. OWLET MOTHS Smith) White-marked Tussock Moth Orgyia leucostigma Large Maple Spanworm Moth Prochoerodes (J.E.Smith) transversata (Drury) Lunate Zale Zale lunata (Drury) Red-bordered Emerald Nemoria lixaria (Guenee) Forage Looper or Clover Looper Caenurgina Wavy-lined Emerald Synchlora aerata (Fabricius) erechtea (Cramer) Chickweed Geometer Haematopis grataria (Fabricus) Four-lined Chocolate Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris Cross-lined Wave Calothysanis amaturaria (Walker) Darling Underwing Catocala cara Guenee Soft-lined Wave Scapula inductata (Guenee) Celery Looper Anagrapha falcifera (Kirby) Black-Bordered Lemon Moth Thioptera nigrofimbria GIANT SILKWORM MOTHS I EMPERORS (Guenee) Honey Locust Moth Sphingicampa bicolor (Harris) Exposed Bird-dropping Moth Acontia aprica (Hubner) Polyphemus Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer) Cattail Catapillar Simyra henrici (Grote) Beautiful Wood-nymph Eudryas grata (Fabricius) SPHINX MOTHS Grapevine Epimenis Psychomorpha epimenis (Drury) Catalpa Sphinx Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval) Eight-spotted Forester Alypia octomaculata Osage Orange Sphinx Ceratomia hageni Grote (Fabricius) Plebian Sphinx Paratrea plebeja (Fabricius) Miranda Moth Proxenus miranda (Grote) Twin Spotted Sphinx Smerinthus jamaicensis (Drury) Yellow-striped Army Worm Spodoptera ornithogalli Walnut Sphinx Laothoe juglandis (J.E. Smith) (Guenee) Big Poplar Sphinx or Modest Sphinx Pachysphinx Goldenrod Stowaway Cirrhophanus triangulifer Grote modesta (Harris) Army Worm Moth Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth) Snowberry Clearwing Hemaris diffinis (Boisduval) lpsilon Dart or Black Cutworm Agrotis ipsilon Grape-vine Sphinx or Hog Sphinx Darapsa myron (Hufnagel) (Cramer) Dingy Cutworm or Clay-backed Cutworm Feltia White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata (Fabricius) jaculifera (Guenee) Waved Sphinx Ceratomia undulosa (Walker) Well-Marked Cutworm Moth Spaelotis clandestina (Harris) PROMINENTS Corn Earworm Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) Spotted Datana Datana perspicua Grote & Robinson Arc-lined Flower Moth Schinia arcigera (Guenee) Rough Prominent Nadata gibbosa (J.E.Smith) Glossy Black ldia Moth ldia lubrica/is Black-rimmed Prominent Pheosia rimosa Packard The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service created the Big TIGER MOTHS Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Lead-Colored Lichen Moth Cisthene plumbea Stretch September of 1994 to provide wildlife habitat Little White Lichen Moth Clemensia albata (Packard) along the Missouri River. The refuge is divided up Painted Lichen Moth Hypoprepia fucosa Leconte's Haploa Haploa lecontei into several individual units. These units are open Colona Moth Haploa colona (Hubner) to the public including hunting and fishing Reversed Haploa Moth Haploa reversa (Stretch) following state regulations. Orange Holomelina Holomelina aurantiaca (Hubner) Acrea Moth Estigmene acrea (Drury) For more infprmation about the Big Muddy Fall Webworm Moth Hyphantria cunea (Drury) National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, contact: Isabella Tiger Moth Pyrrharctia isabella Banded Tiger Moth Apantesis nais (Drury) Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Straight-lined Tiger Moth Grammia oithona (Strecker) 4200 New Haven Road Virgin Tiger Moth Grammia virgo (Linnaeus) Columbia, MO 65201 Banded Tussock Moth Halysidota tessel/aris 1-80Q-611-1826 (J.E.Smith) Orange-margined Dogbane Moth Cycnia tenera http://www.fws.gov/midwestlbigmuddy/ Hubner [email protected] Oregon Cycnia Cycnia oregonensis (Stretch) Milkweed Tussock Moth Euchaetes egle (Drury) Giant Leopard Moth Ecpantheria scribonia Yellow-collared Scape Moth Cisseps fu/vicollis (Hubner)