INSECTS CHECK-LIST OF SASKATCHEWAN MOTHS

PART 10: FALCONERS, PINIONS, SALLOWS, AND SWORDGRASS MOTHS

RONALD R. HOOPER, Museum of Natural History, 2340 Albert Street, Regina, Saskatchewan. S4P 3V7

Albicinerea Falconer - Rancora Abbreviations used: s = south, n = north, albicinerea (Sm.) - Saskatoon w = west, e = east, CNC = the only known Saskatchewan records of this (National Research Council species that we know are in the Canadian Collection). National Collection in Ottawa. (Unless otherwise indicated all the species are Asteroid - Cucullia asteroides (Gn.) represented in the collection of the - Saskatoon, Oxbow and Saskatchewan Museum of Natural Cumberland House. History, Regina.) Brown-bordered Cucullia - Cucullia convexipennis (G. & R.) - s arm of Falconers, Pinions, Sallows and Last Mountain Lake (CNC). Swordgrass Moths (Cucullinae) Florea Falconer - Cucullia florea This subfamily contains many Owlet (Gn.) - Saskatoon (CNC) and Harlan Moths which have been called “winter (ne of Lloydminster) (CNC). moths” because they fly late in the fall and/or early in the spring. Many of Intermediate Falconer - Cucullia them overwinter in the adult stage. intermedia (Speyer) - s Many of the Cucullinae have the lower, Saskatchewan, n to Aylsham. outer corners of the forewings on a Laetifica Falconer - Cucullia laetifica broad obtuse angle, looking like they (Lint.) - Val Marie (CNC). had been trimmed off. The eyes are bald and have both upper and lower Montana Falconer - Cucullia lashes. montanae (Grt.) - Moose Jaw, Many of the moths in this sub-family Saskatoon and Swift Current. feed on trees and shrubs. Postera Falconer - Cucullia postera Falconers (Gn.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Love.

Alberta Falconer - Cucullia omissa Small Falconer - Copicucullia (Dod.) - Kamsack, Jan Lake and antipoda (Stkr.) - Rockglen and Val Saskatoon. Marie. 50(4). December 1992 205 .

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Speyer’s Falconer - Cucullia speyeri Distant Pinion - Lithophane amanda (Lint.) - s Saskatchewan, n to (Sm.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Aylsham. Aylsham and Green Lake area.

White Falconer - Nycterophaeta luna Dowdy Pinion - Lithophane unimoda (Morr.) - Saskatoon, Swift Current, (Lint.) - Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatoon Rutland (CNC), s arm of Last and Bainbridge (n of Hudson Bay). Mountain Lake (CNC) and Cypress Large Grey Pinion - Lithophane Hills (CNC). georgii (Grt.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Aylsham. Pinions Nameless Pinion - Lithophane Beech Pinion - Lithophane fagina innominata (Sm.) - central (Morr.) - Fort Qu’Appelle, Somme, Saskatchewan, n to Red Earth; s to Shoal Lake and Cypress Hills. Fort Qu’Appelle.

Bethune’s Pinion - Lithophane Paxata Pinion - Lithophane lepida bethunei (G. & R.) - Fort Qu’Appelle, (Grt.) - Saskatoon (CNC). Saskatoon, Nipawin area, and Candle Lake. Thaxter’s Pinion - Lithophane thaxteri (Grt.) - Nipawin Provincial Black-spotted Pinion - Lithophane Forest, Love, Prince Albert area and laticinerea (Grt.) - s Saskatchewan, Green Lake area. n to Shoal Lake. Wanton Pinion - Lithophane petulca Disposita Pinion - Lithophane (Grt.) - Moosomin area and Prince disposita (Morr.) - Aylsham. Albert area (Forest Insect Survey). 206 Blue Jay Regina Beauty Keith Roney

Sallows balteata (Sm.) - Stewart Valley (CNC). Purple Apharetra - Apharetra purpurea (McD.) - Weekes, Prince Black-banded Beauty - Oncocnemis Albert, La Ronge and Davin Lake. piffardi (Wlk.) - Indian Head, Earl Grey, Saskatoon and Cypress Hills. Pyralis Apharetra - Apharetra pyralis (Sm.) - reported for Saskatchewan Crustarian Beauty - Pseudacontia by D. LaFontaine. crustaria (Morr.) - Saskatchewan Landing. Black-banded Arctic - Sympistis funesta (Paykull) - Patterson Lake Delicate Beauty - Oncocnemis (ne corner of Saskatchewan). cibalis (Grt.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Aylsham. Black-edged Arctic - Sympistis melaleuca (Thunb.) - Hasbala Lake Figured Beauty - Oncocnemis and Patterson Lake (ne corner of figurata (Harv.) - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan). Tompkins and Estuary. Labrador Arctic - Sympistis Grey Beauty - Oncocnemis zetterstedti (Stgr.) - reported for chandleri (Grt.) - s Saskatchewan, n Saskatchewan by Forbes. to Quinton and Saskatoon.

Augustus Beauty - Oncocnemis Harrow Moth - Oncocnemis occata augustus (Harv.) - Saskatoon, (Grt.) - Rosefield (se of Val Marie) Bateman (CNC), Swift Current and and Eastend. Eastend (CNC). Haye’s Beauty - Oncocnemis hayesi Balteata Beauty - Oncocnemis (Grt.) - Estevan (CNC). 50(4). December 1992 207 American Swordgrass Keith Roney

Lepipuloides Beauty - Oncocnemis Fishia evelina (French) - Saskatoon lepipoloides (McD.) - Saskatoon and (National Research Council Swift Current. Collection).

Mackie’s Beauty - Oncocnemis Garden Cutworm - Fishia discors mackiei (B. & Benj.) - s (Grt.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Saskatchewan, n to Saskatoon. Saskatoon.

Regina Beauty - Oncocnemis regina Grey Fishia - Fishia instruta (Sm.) - (Sm.) - Fort Qu’Appelle, Roche Fort Qu’Appelle and Saskatoon. Percee, Estevan, Scout Lake and Eastend. American Peasant - Lithomoia solidaginis (Hdn.) - s Saskatchewan, Riparian Beauty - Oncocnemis n to Sturgeon Landing. riparia (Morr.) - Saskatoon and Swift Current. Black-disc Peasant - Brachylomia discinigra (Wlk.) - Tantallon. Smooth Beauty - Oncocnemis levis (Grt.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Fort Cloaked Peasant - Brachylomia Qu’Appelle and Saskatoon. populi (Stkr.) - reported for the Viriditincta Beauty - Oncocnemis Prairie Provinces by Ives and Wong. viriditincta (Sm.) - Saskatoon, Swift Dark Grey Peasant - Litholomia Current and Indian Head (CNC). napaea (Morr.) - s Saskatchewan, n White-banded Beauty - Oncocnemis to Cumberland House. albifasciata (Hamp.) - Killdeer, Swift Willow Peasant - Brachylomia Current and Eastend. algens (Grt.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Raspberry Climbing Cutworm - Aylsham. 208 Blue Jay Acadian Rover - Xylotype acadia (B. and lle-a-la-Crosse. & Benj.) - Cypress Hills and Fringe Tree Sallow - Adita Battleford. chionanthi (J. E. Smith) - s Alberta Rover - Mniotype versuta Saskatchewan, n to Fort Esperance, (Sm.) - throughout Saskatchewan. Fort Qu’Appelle and Saskatoon.

Iris Rover - Hillia iris (Zett.) - s Goat Sallow - Homoglaea hircina Saskatchewan, n to Red Earth. (Morr.) - s Saskatchewan, n to La Ronge. Miniota Rover - Mniotype miniota (Sm.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Love Grote’s Sallow - Copivaleria grotei and Clearwater River. (Morr.) - Fort Qu’Appelle, Buffalo Pound Provincial Park and Oblique Rover - Pleromelloida Saskatoon. obliquata (Sm.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Saskatoon and Harlan (ne of Jocose Sallow - Feralia jocosa (Gn.) Lloydminster). - central Saskatchewan, n to Stanley area, s to Kamsack area and St. Rugged Rover - Platypolia anceps (Steph.) - Fort Qu’Appelle, Louis. Cumberland House and Sturgeon Many-lined Sallow - Eupsilia devia Landing. (Grt.) - Kamsack and Somme.

Barred Sallow - Xanthia togata Northern Sallow - Brachionycha (Esp.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Red borealis (Sm.) - Indian Head (CNC). Earth and Canwood. Pale Sallow - Anathix aggressa Bicolored Sallow - Sunira bicolorago (Sm.) - Fort Qu’Appelle, Somme and (Gn.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Aylsham. Cumberland House. Private Sallow - Sutyna privata Branded Sallow - Eupsilia tristigmata (Wlk.) - Shoal Lake. (Grt.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Aylsham and Green lake area. Profound Sallow - Sutyna profunda Broad-lined Sallow - Homohadena (Sm.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Prince Albert. infixa (Wlk.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Aylsham. Sidus Sallow - Eupsilia sidus (Gn.) - Brown Sallow - Homohadena Saskatoon (Department of stabilis (Sm.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Agriculture Collection). Aylsham. Sloping Sallow - Epiglaea decliva Brown-lined Sallow - Homohadena (Grt.) - Fort Qu’Appelle and badistriga (Grt.) - s Saskatchewan, n Saskatoon. to Otter Rapids. Spotted Sallow - Eucirroedia Comstock’s Sallow - Feralia pampina (Gn.) - s Saskatchewan, n comstocki (Grt.) - Somme and to Sturgeon Landing. Bjorkdale Straight-toothed Sallow - Eupsilia Dusky Sallow - Anathix puta (G. & vinulenta (Grt.) - Fort Qu’Appelle R.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Otter and Saskatoon. Rapids. Western Sallow - Sunira verberata Francelemont’s Sallow - Eupsilia (Sm.) - Fort Qu’Appelle, Lestock and cirripalea (Franc.) - Fort Qu’Appelle Buffalo Pound.

50(4). December 1992 209 Swordgrass Moths Variegated Peasant - Epidemas melanographa (Hamp.) - n to American Swordgrass - Xylena Medicine Hat, Alberta. nupera (Lint.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Sturgeon Landing. Iron Pinion - Lithophane ferrealis (Grt.) - across Canada from New Dot and Dash Swordgrass - Xylena Brunswick to British Columbia. curvimacula (Morr.) - s Saskatchewan, n to Bainbridge (n of Discolored Rover - Lomilysis Hudson Bay), and Aylsham. discolor (Sm.) - n to Aweme, Manitoba. Grey Swordgrass - Xylena thoracica (Putnam - Cramer) - Saskatoon Fervid Rover - Mniotype fervid a (National Research Council (Sm.) - n to Aweme, Manitoba. Collection) and Harlan (ne of Silky Sallow - Chaetaglaea sericea Lloydminster). (Morr.) - w to Aweme, Manitoba. Western Swordgrass - Xylena Reported in error for Fort Qu’Appelle, cineritia (Grt.) - s Saskatchewan, n Saskatchewan. to Aylsham. Smudged Sallow - Homoglaea Expected Species carbonaria (Harv.) - Colorado, n to Aweme, Manitoba, and Lethbridge, Colorado Beauty - Oncocnemis Alberta. Colorado (Sm.) - n to Malta, Montana. Unsated Sallow - Metaxaglaea inulta (Grt.) - w to Miniota, Manitoba. Day’s Beauty - Oncocnemis dayi (Grt.) - n to Havre, Montana.

Iris-coloured Beauty - Oncocnemis iricolor (Sm.) - Colorado, ne to BARNES, W.M. and F.H, BENJAMIN. 1924. The North American and Aweme, Manitoba. Greenland species of Simpistis Sanina Beauty - Oncocnemis sanina (Lepidoptera). Canadian Entomologist 56:212-215. (Sm.) - n to Aweme, Manitoba, and Lethbridge, Alberta. DOD, F.H. WOLLEY. 1916. Noctuid notes from western Canada, with Saunder’s Beauty - Oncocnemis description of two new species and a saundersiana (Grt.) - w to Aweme, variety. Canadian Entomologist 48:58-70. Manitoba. FORBES, WILLIAM, T.M. 1954. Simplex Beauty - Oncocnemis Lepidoptera of New York and simplex (Sm.) - e to Malta, Montana neighbouring states. Noctuidae (Part III). (CNC). Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, New York. Mem. 329. Smith’s Cerapoda - Cerapoda MCDUNNOUGH, J. 1922. Some stylata (Sm.) - n to Malta, Montana. apparently undescribed Noctuidae. Similar Falconer - Cucullia similaris Canadian Entomologist 54:236-238. (Sm.) - n to Malta, Montana, and -. 1940. Undescribed species and Didsbury, Alberta. races of Phalaenidae. Canadian Entomologist 72:191-201. Dark Fishia - Fishia enthea (Grt.) - Nova Scotia w to Alberta. PRENTICE, R.M., compiler. 1962. Forest Lepidoptera of Canada. Vol. 2. Canada Yosemite Fishia - Fishia yosemitae Department of Forestry, Ottawa. Bull. (Grt.) - e to Havre, Montana. 128. 210 Blue Jay