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Butterfly Field Trips Ranger Steve Mueller ________________________________________________________________________________________ Volume 57, Number 2 Summer 2015 www.lepsoc.org ________________________________________________________________________________________ Inside: The true host of the Golden-banded Skipper The Ralph L. Chermock collection -- treasures include lost holotypes The international initi- ative on the Monarch Butterfly Some Ghost Moths of NSW, Australia The Sleepy Orange now in Hawaii Dominican Pyraloidea for the Texas A&M tropi- cal biology program Membership Updates, Marketplace, First Encounters, Metamorphosis, Announcements ... ... and more! ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Contents ________________________________________________________www.lepsoc.org An aberrant form of Weidemeyer’s Admiral (Limenitis ____________________________________ weidemeyerii: Nymphalidae) discovered in Utah, U.S.A. Volume 57, Number 2 Jade Aster T. Badon. ............................................................................. 55 Summer 2015 A case of mistaken identity: the true host of the Golden-banded The Lepidopterists’ Society is a non-profit ed- Skipper Autochton cellus (Hesperiidae: Eudaminae) in the U.S. ucational and scientific organization. The ob- Richard W. Boscoe, Marc C. Minno, and David M. Wright. ................. 56 ject of the Society, which was formed in May Some Ghost Moths (Hepialidae) of New South Wales, Australia 1947 and formally constituted in December David Fischer. ....................................................................................... 60 1950, is “to promote internationally the sci- Evaluation of the insecticide Deltamethrin to control the Cocoa ence of lepidopterology in all its branches; to Pod Borer Carmenta foraseminis Eichlin in Colombia, S.A. further the scientifically sound and progres- sive study of Lepidoptera, to issue periodicals Gabriel Cubillos. .................................................................................... 63 and other publications on Lepidoptera; to fa- Notes regarding three similar Synanthedon species (Sessiidae) cilitate the exchange of specimens and ideas William H. Taft and Gary Anweiler. .................................................... 66 by both the professional worker and the am- Announcements: ............................................................................................ 68 ateur in the field; to compile and distribute 64th Annual Meeting of the Lep Soc; Maine, July 12-18; Sixth Annual information to other organizations and indi- Lep Course, Aug. 16-25; Zone Coordinators Needed; Colorado Digital viduals for purposes of education and conser- Libraries pubs; Pay Pal; Society of Kentucky Leps; National Moth vation and appreciation of Lepidoptera; and Week; Corrections; Brochures to secure cooperation in all measures” direct- First Encounters: My first encounter with a Monarch ed towards these aims. (Article II, Constitu- tion of The Lepidopterists’ Society.) Greg Pohl. .............................................................................................. 70 Membership Updates The News of The Lepidopterists’ Society Chris Grinter. ........................................................................................ 71 (ISSN 0091-1348) is published quarterly by The Sleepy Orange transits the Pacific: a new butterfly species for Hawaii The Lepidopterists’ Society, c/o Chris Grinter, Daniel Rubinoff, Janis Matsunaga, Forest Starr, Kim Starr, and William Haines. 72 Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 South Dominican Pyraloidea for the tropical and field biology program at Texas A&M Oak St. Champaign, IL 61820-0904, and in- Alma Solis. ............................................................................................ 74 cludes one or two supplements each year. Tent building by larval Anaea troglodyta floridalis (Nymphalidae) The Season Summary is published every year as Supplement S1 and is mailed with Mark Salvato, Holly Salvato and Jimi Sadle. ................................... 77 issue 1 of the News. In even numbered years The Marketplace. ....................................................................................... 78 a complete Membership Directory is pub- Long-lost holotypes and other forgotten treasures in the Ralph L. lished as Supplement S2 and is mailed with Chermock collection, with biographical notes issue 4 of that volume of the News. Please see John V. Calhoun. ................................................................................... 80 the inside back cover for instructions regard- Do subspecies exist? ing subscriptions, submissions to, and dead- James Scott. ............................................................................................. 86 line dates for, the News. Park City, Utah 63rd Lep Soc Meeting -- Butterfly field trips Ranger Steve Mueller. ........................................................................... 89 Periodicals Postage paid at Champaign, IL, and at additional mailing office (Lawrence, Conservation Matters: The imperiled Mardon Skipper Butterfly: KS). an initial conservation success Scott H. Black. ....................................................................................... 92 POSTMASTER: Please send address changes Metamorphosis. ........................................................................................ 95 to News of The Lepidopterists’ Society, Dr. Bob’s Arboreal Adventure, by James Scott ..................................... 97 c/o Chris Grinter, Illinois Natural History Membership Information, Dues Rates, Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Survey, 1816 South Oak St., Champaign, IL Society, Change of Address, Our Mailing List, Missed or Defective 61820-0904. Issues, Submission Guidelines and Deadlines for the News. ............ 98 Copyright © 2015 by The Lepidopterists’ Executive Council/Season Summary Zone Coordinators. ............ 99 Society. All rights reserved. The statements of contributors do not necessarily represent Issue Date: May 26, 2015 ISSN 0091-1348 the views of the Society or the editor and the Editor: James K. Adams Society does not warrant or endorse products Front Cover: or services of advertisers. Bossard’s Hawk Moth (Manduca lefeburii bossardi), El Salto Falls, 12 km N of El Naranjo, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, Dec. 1987. (photo by James K. Adams) _____________________________ __________________________________________________________ Summer_______________________________________________________________________________________ 2015 News of The Lepidopterists’ Society An aberrant form of Weidemeyer’s Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii: Nymphalidae) discovered in Utah, U.S.A. Jade Aster T. Badon McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 [email protected] Key words: Butterflies, North America, Utah, It was Dr. Andrew Warren who first noticed the aberrant Nymphalidae, Limenitis specimen in my collection box following the July 2014 Lep- idopterists’ Society Meeting held at Park City, Utah. This The Weidemeyer’s Admiral, Limenitis weidemeyerii is the first time this aberration off this species has been W.H. Edwards (1861), is a North American butterfly recorded. The white pattern is dusted with melanic scal- species distributed through the Rocky Mountain States. ing, almost eliminating the hindwing bands (Fig. 1). It also ranges east to Nebraska, west and south to cen- tral California, Arizona, and New Mexico, and north to Some of the other butterfly species on the peak were Indra the southern borders of Alberta, Canada. Swallowtails (Papilio indra indra), which were flying near the ridge. Other species such as Speyeria spp. were also An extraordinary male aberrant form of L. weidemeyerii abundant in the area, as well as the dayflying moth species was collected on Bountiful Peak, Davis County, Utah on of the genus Hemileuca. July 16, 2014. The peak’s highest elevation is 9,200 feet. Fig. 2 and 3. The habitat and high-elevation vegetation of Boun- tiful Peak, mid July 2014, where the aberrant male specimen of L. weidemeyerii was collected. www.lepsoc.org and Fig. 1. An aberrant male specimen of Limenitis weidemeyerii from https://www.facebook.com/lepsoc Bountiful Peak, Davis County, UT. Top: dorsal, Bottom: ventral. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume 57, Number 2 55 _______________________________________________________________________________________News of The Lepidopterists’ Society Volume 57, Number 2 A case of mistaken identity: the true host of the Golden-banded Skipper Autochton cellus (Hesperiidae: Eudaminae) in the eastern U.S. Richard W. Boscoe1, Marc C. Minno2 and David M. Wright3 1150 Ridge Pike, Apt. 101, Lafayette Hill, PA 19446 2600 NW 35th Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32607 [email protected] 3100 Medical Campus Drive, Lansdale, PA 19446 [email protected] Austin H. Clark (1936) published what has been the de- the leaves of this vine. However, no A. cellus females were finitive and authoritative account of the life history of the observed ovipositing on A. bracteata and no A. cellus lar- Golden-banded Skipper Autochton cellus (Boisduval & Le vae were ever found on it. Clark (1936) reported E. clarus Conte, [1837]) in the eastern United States. In his paper larvae on what he called the Small-leaved Hog Peanut, Clark identified the larval host as the leguminous
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