Species Copablepharon fuscum - Sand-verbena Moth - Hodges#10690.1

10690.1

Phylogenetic sequence # 933287

Authors: Troubridge & Crabo, 1996

FWL = 15-18 mm (1)

Forewing olive green to darker olive brown with contrasting yellow streaks in the cell, the fold, and as a thin line along the cubital vein; pale streak thru cell to ST area has black shading on both sides; fringe is similar to FW color or slightly paler. Hindwing is dark fuscous, sometimes slightly paler toward wing base; fringe is pale fuscous with a dark fuscous medial line. (1)

British Columbia and Washington.

Coastal dunes.

mid May to late July (1)

Sand-verbena (Abronia latifolia)

Caterpillars hatch in July. They feed at night, burying themselves in the sand during the day and to overwinter. In May, they pupate in fragile cocoons of stuck-together sand particles. Adults emerge in late June.

Discovered in 1995; designated as an Endangered species in Canada in 2003. (2)

Lafontaine, J.D., 2004. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1: p. 174; pl. H.22-23. (1)

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island