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Edited and Compiled by Ross A. Layberry and Jessica E. Linton Toronto Entomologists’ Association Occasional Publication # 46-2016 A Harvester sips honeydew from woolly aphids, its unique food source, in Larose Forest, Prescott-Russell, July 5, 2015 (photos: Rick Cavasin) Harris' Checkerspots sipping on damp sand near Black River Road, Kawartha Lakes, June 13, 2015 (photo: Bob Yukich) ISBN: 978-0-921631-47-2 Ontario Lepidoptera 2015 Edited and Compiled by Ross A. Layberry and Jessica E. Linton March 2016 Published by the Toronto Entomologists’ Association Toronto, Ontario Production by Jessica Linton TORONTO ENTOMOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION ONTARIO LEPIDOPTERA (TEA) Published annually by the Toronto Entomologists’ Association. The TEA is a non-profit educational and scientific organization formed to promote interest in insects, to Ontario Lepidoptera 2015 encourage co-operation among amateur and professional Publication date: March 2016 entomologists, to educate and inform non-entomologists ISBN: 978-0-921631-47-2 about insects, entomology and related fields, to aid in the Copyright © TEA for Authors preservation of insects and their habitats and to issue All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be publications in support of these objectives. reproduced or used without written permission. The TEA is a registered charity (#1069095-21); all Information on submitting records, notes and articles to donations are tax creditable. Ontario Lepidoptera can be obtained by contacting an editor: Membership Information: Ross A. Layberry Annual dues: Co-editor and compiler of Butterflies and Skippers Individual-$30 6124 Carp Road Student-free (Association finances permitting – Kinburn, Ontario, Canada beyond that, a charge of $20 will apply) K0A 2H0 Family-$35 Tel: (613) 832-4467 Email: [email protected] All membership queries and payment of dues can be directed to Chris Rickard, Treasurer, T.E.A., 16 Mount Jessica E. Linton View Court, Collingwood, Ontario L9Y 5A9. e-transfers Summary Production and Co-editor of Butterflies and can be sent to [email protected] Skippers 245 Rodney Street Publications received as part of a TEA membership Waterloo, Ontario, Canada include: N2J 1G7 3 issues per year of our newsjournal Home Tel: (519) 489-2568 Ontario Insects Cellular: (519) 502-3773 annual Ontario Lepidoptera summary Email: [email protected] discounts on sales of other publications The TEA Board The TEA is run by a volunteer board. The executive COVER PHOTOGRAPHS officers are elected every two years. Front: Giant Swallowtail, Pelee Island, Essex (Photo: Bob Executive Officers: Yukich) President: Glenn Richardson Vice-President: Alan Macnaughton Back: Mourning Cloak Larvae, August 9, 2015, Jackpine Treasurer: Chris Rickard Trail, Bells Corners, Ottawa, and adult Mourning Cloak Secretary: (vacant) May 1, 2015, Stony Swamp, Ottawa. (Photos: Rick Cavasin) Board of Directors: Chris Darling: R.O.M. Representative Carolyn King: O.N. Representative, Publicity Co-ordinator Antonia Guidotti: Programs Co-ordinator Steve LaForest: Field Trips Co-ordinator Ontario Lepidoptera 2015_____________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS General Inroduction ........................................................................................................................ 2 Corrections to Ontario Lepidoptera 2014 ....................................................................................... 3 Ackowledgements ........................................................................................................................... 3 List of Contributors and Observers ................................................................................................. 4 Ontario Butterfly Counts in 2015 ................................................................................................. 10 An Observation of Courtship Behavior in the Red-disked Alpine, .............................................. 19 Forest Insect Survey Records........................................................................................................ 19 The Florida Duskywing, Ephyriades brunnea, a new species for Canada ................................... 21 Apparent Lek Behaviour by Silvery Blue Butterflies ................................................................... 27 Notable Observations from Bath, Ontario .................................................................................... 27 Noteworthy Moth Records for Ontario 2015 ................................................................................ 29 New County Records for 2015 ..................................................................................................... 33 Summary of Ontario Butterflies and Skippers in 2015 ................................................................. 34 Abreviations Used in the Species Accounts ................................................................................. 36 Family: HESPERIIDAE ........................................................................................................... 37 Family: PAPILIONIDAE ......................................................................................................... 54 Family: PIERIDAE ................................................................................................................... 56 Family: LYCAENIDAE ........................................................................................................... 61 Family: NYMPHALIDAE ........................................................................................................ 72 Correspondence between plant names used in this publication and VASCAN names ................ 95 Checklist of Ontario Butterflies and Skippers .............................................................................. 98 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. TEA Counties, Districts and Regional Municipalities .................................................... 8 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. List of Contributors and Observers for 2015 ................................................................... 4 1 Ontario Lepidoptera 2015_____________________________________________________________________ GENERAL INTRODUCTION This issue of Ontario Lepidoptera includes fascinating articles by Ross Layberry on a new species record for Canada, the Florida Duskywing, Ephyriades brunnea, and the addition to the Butterfly Atlas of hundreds of larval records compiled by Forest Rangers across Ontario and submitted to the Forest Insect and Disease Survey. James Kamstra’s annual summary of Ontario’s butterfly counts, a short note on Courtship Behavior in the Red-disked Alpine, Erebia discoidalis, by Ellen Riggins, a description of observed lek behavior by Silvery Blue, Glaucopsyche lygdamus, by Ralph Thorpe, and notable observations from the Bath area by Dave Edwards and John Hall are also included. It has been about 10 years since moth records have been included in the summary. Although moth records are occasionally submitted to the TEA, there has been no one available to compile and write up a summary on these records. This year Christian Schmidt, Ross Layberry and Alan Macnaughton, have compiled a summary of noteworthy moth observations for the summary. Christian is an Entomologist with the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes and a member of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada`s (COSEWIC) Arthropod Subcommittee. The intent is that Christian will continue to provide summaries of noteworthy observations although we are still seeking out an interested person to compile and report on other common moth records for future summaries. As usual, the articles and notes are followed by the written summary of the 2015 Ontario butterfly records that have been submitted by our many contributors. Data for all records of all butterfly species received for 2015 (much more data than can be included in the printed summary!) are included in a table available to TEA members as PDF files from Ross Layberry (see contact information below). The contents of this publication have been checked for errors and accuracy as much as possible. Please notify us of any corrections of errors or omissions, and these will be included in future issues of Ontario Lepidoptera and incorporated into the database. Pages 95 to 98 show the correspondence between the plant names used in this publication and those in VASCAN – the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada. This is a comprehensive list of all vascular plants reported in Canada, Greenland (Denmark) and Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France). VASCAN is widely accepted by botanists as the current authority for Canadian botanical taxonomy: http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/search We will be accepting records, articles, notes, and photographs for Ontario Lepidoptera 2016 until December 31, 2016. Information on how to submit records can be obtained from the compilers. Please send any contributions to: Jessica Linton Ross Layberry 245 Rodney Street 6124 Carp Rd Waterloo, ON Kinburn, ON N2J 1G7 OR K0A 2H0 Tel: 519-489-2568 Tel: 613-832-4467 email: [email protected] email:[email protected] 2 Ontario Lepidoptera 2015_____________________________________________________________________ CORRECTIONS TO ONTARIO LEPIDOPTERA 2014 Page 9 one contributor was missed: Paul Philp, (PPh). Page 32, line 5, Little Duskywing should read Little Glassywing. Page 32, a new county record was missed: Edwards Hairstreak from Kenora. Page 39, Common Checkered Skipper