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Moth that I can't identify - Spodolepis danbyi

Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
April 13, 2021
Size: 1 inch

I was struck by the size -and of course its beauty.

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Contributed by dianalynn1 on 13 April, 2021 - 7:55pm
Last updated 14 April, 2021 - 11:40pm

Moved

Moved from Spodolepis.

… Bob Biagi, 14 April, 2021 - 11:40pm

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Spodolepis danbyi

According to the Annotated Checklist of Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) of Canada & Alaska, (Pohl et al 2018), Spodolepis danbyi was historically treated as a subspecies of S. substriataria, but was raised to species status in 2010.

Known records in AK, BC and YT are all now considered to be S. danbyi, with the exception of the boreal forest habitat of the Peace River region in northeastern BC where S. substriataria may occur.
Given this photo is from Saltspring Island, it would be S. danbyi.

Bob - I guess the other posts for S. substriataria from southern BC should also be moved to S. danbyi. I've just moved mine.

There are only two others from BC:
# 343573 from Lytton in the southern interior.
# 759660 from Lantzville, on Vancouver Island.

Libby

… Libby & Rick Avis, 14 April, 2021 - 10:43pm

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OK

I can move those images based on your recommendation. However, the BOLD distributions seem to show a lot of overlap in some parts of the western range.
I'm not sure where to exactly draw the lines in BC or outside of it. For example, what about AK, OR, WA & YT. Many images that were placed long ago are now questionable.
I would hate to have to move everybody back to the genus level, without a bunch of very clear instructions on the info pages. For now, I won't touch the others.

… Bob Biagi, 14 April, 2021 - 11:35pm

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OK

I'll e-mail you the information that I have directly. It's a bit long to put it all in here.

Libby

… Libby & Rick Avis, 15 April, 2021 - 1:49pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Bob Biagi, 13 April, 2021 - 11:52pm

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