Annotated checklist of insects associated with Garry oak in British ...

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PolisresjilsC{{rlls al/rifer Saussure
Golden paper-wasp
A solitary predator.
2
Choreulidae
Small moths with larvae of
diverse habits.
SYlJIlIIOlpllllS sp.
Vespula arropilosa (Sladen)
A black and yellow paper wasp.
Vespllla cOl/sabrina (Saussure)
Vesplila lIIaclilara (Linnaeus)
A large black and white
paper wasp.
Vespala penl/ysylval/ica (Saussure)
Western yellow·jacket
Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus)
2
2
2
2
Chorelltis porial/a (Clerck)
Apple-and-thorn skeletonizer
Coleophoridae:
Coleophora sp.
Shelter records.
case-bearers
Cosmopterygidae
Small colorful moths; the
larvae may be miners.
CosmoprelYx hermodora Meyrick
ISOPTERA:
termites
Elachistidae
Small moths.
Kalotermitidae
Nest/shelter records.
Zootermopsis allguslieo/lis (Hagen)
Found in decayed sections of the trees
or near the ground. The winged adulls
occasionally shelter on the bark or
foliage.
2
£Iachisra sp.
Gelechiidae: small leaf miners
Many species with a wide host range.
The following are feeding records
unless otherwise indicated.
ArisrOleliaI/lngiIIOl·ella Clemens
Chionodes petalumensis Clarke
LEPIDOPTERA: moths, bulterflies
The larvae may be defoliators,
leaf-rollers, miners, borers, etc.
Most of the following are feeding
records unless otherwise indicated.
Adelidae
Small moths with long antennae.
Shelter records.
Adela seplentriol/ella Walsingham
Adela Irigraplw Zeller
Chiol/odes trichostola (Meyrick)
Oak is a preferred host.
Chiot/odes sp.
Coleolechnites alrupielella (Dietz)
Shelter records.
Coleorec!wites quercivorella (Chambers)
Gelechia sp.
Shelter records.
Lavema decorella (Stephens)
From stem galls.
3
Arctiidae: tiger moths, woolly bears
The hairy bristly larvae of these
relatively large moths commonly
feed on herbage or deciduous
plants; they are sometimes vividly
colored.
LophocalJlpa (Halisidora) argentola (Packard)
Silver-spoiled tiger moth
Lophocampa (Halisidora) macl/lara al/guliIera
(Walker)
Spotted tussock moth
2
Telphllsa sedutilella Busck
Oak is a preferred host.
Trichotaphe IrimaClllella Cham bel's
Shelter records.
Geometridae: loopers, inchworms
A larva of this large common family
is characterized by a long slender
body, usually hairless, with only one pair
of abdominal prolegs. The following species
are solitary defoliators, although large
numbers may sometimes be in close proximity.
3
Blastobasidae:
small webbing caterpillars
Valentil/a glandlilella Riley
Feeding areas often in association
with other insects.
2
AI/rhe/ia hyperborea Hulst
Besma qllercivoraria Guenee
BislOlI cognmaria (Guenee)