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ivoltine nature in Chino Valley,
Yavapai County, small males by 31
March, then 12 to 18 April,
reappearing all large 10 to 18
September (LM). Pieris rapae,
Snowflake, 5,582 ft, NAVAJO
County, 30 September (RES), with
Colias eurytheme confirmed in all
Arizona counties (RES). Eurema
dina westwoodi, Red Rock
Canyon near Patagonia, Santa
Cruz County, 15 August (JPB).
Fixsenia ontario ilavia, roadside
stop in Molino Basin, PIMA
County, 12 March 1983 (J.K.
Adamsfide RES). Hemiargus
ceraunus gyas, Clifton, 3,600 ft,
GREENLEE County, 10 October
(RES). Agraulis vanillae
incamta, Florence Junction,
PINAL County, 9 May 1974 (G.S.
Forbesfide RES). Euptoieta
claudia, Ehrenberg, 450 ft, LA PAZ
County, 12 October 1977 (G.S.
Forbesfide RES). Speyeria
atlantis nausicaa and Speyeria
morrnonia luski, Escudilla
Mountain, north of Alpine, Apache
County, 10 August (CDF).
Chlosyne californica, Palm
Canyon, Kofa Mountains, YUMA
County, 31 August 1986, Erin
McKown (fide S.S. McKown, RES).
Chlosyne lacinia crocale, US 601
70 at PINALI Gila county line,
4,600 ft, GILA County, 9 October
(RES). Dymasia dymas chara,
Clifton, 3,600 ft, GREENLEE
County, 10 October (RES).
Nymphalis antiopa: Yuma, YUMA
County, 23 March 1962 (W.A.
Hedgesfide RES); No Name Lake,
1 June 1992 and Bill Williams
River Delta, 22 March 1994, both
LA PAZ County (S.M. Nelsonfide
RES). Vanessa virginiensis and
Junonia coenia, Yuma, YUMA
County, both 16 September 1961
(W.J. Hedgesfide RES). Junonia
coenia and Junonia nigrosuffusa
sympatric at Hassayampa River
Preserve below Wickenburg,
Maricopa County, 14 May (LM).
Basilarchia astyanax arizonensis,
one fresh male, Bill Williams River
Delta, LA PAZ County, 22 March,
EARLY (S.M. Nelsonfide RES).
Anaea andria, one fresh male on
cottonwood tree trunk, Gila River
at Safford, 2,920 ft, GRAHAM
County, 10 October (RES).
Cercyonis oetus charon, Escudilla
Mountain north of Alpine, Apache
County, worn by 10 August
(CDF)(the only Satyridae
reported).
CALIFORNIA
Contributo~: EB, KD, JFE, RLL, KHL, SN, JA6
KMR AM5, 05, WP5and RE5. Summary:
Included are 36 county and two state records
for butterfly species. Only two moth species
weredetermined ascounty records, with
northerjy and south-easterly range extensions.
Mild January and early Februaryat Jerseydale,
Mariposa County, with 13 inches of snow in
February (05). Bay Area mild and dry most of
January and much of February (RLL). A very dry
winter with minimal snow pack which melted
early, but not as early as 1992 (AM5). Warmish
March and April, but May unseasonably cool
(05). 5pring was cool with several late storms
delaying flight seasons (AMS). Bay Area with
unusually late rains in May with spring-flyers
still observedforthe Xerces counts in late June
(RLL). In Mariposa County, hot in mid-August,
and rained two inches in early October (05)
Summer was relatively cool, but very dry; no
measurable summer rain in the high country, but
season ended veryearly with snow 12,28
September, 14October, and heavy snow by6
November (AMS). Low altitude rains began 4
October in northern California, but commenced
in earnest4 November, and continued many
days until year's end (RLL). Rain and snow in
Mariposa County Novemberand December (05).
MOTHS
ETHMIINAE - Ethmia tricula
associated with Phacelia
tanacetifolia, above Aguanga,
2,500 ft, Riverside County, 11 April
(RHL).
PLUTELLIDAE - Plutella
xylostella, Milagra Ridge, Pacifica,
San Mateo County, 14 April (RLL).
TORTRICIDAE - Rhyacionia
zozana, Caliente Creek, 1,600 ft, 2
miles east of Caliente, Kern
County, 21 May (KMR).
PYRALIDAE - Uresiphita
reversalis, hill above Tiburon, 25
May, larvae defoliating about ten
percent of the French Broom in
this and other parts of Marin
County (RLL). Pyrausta
rubricalis, Kensington, Contra
Costa County, 7, 28 September, 9,
11 October (RLL). Pyrausta
subsequalis petaluma, El Cerrito
hills, Contra Costa County, 10
January, EARLY (RLL). Galleria
mellonella and Achroia grisella
with long adult emergence, 12
January to 25 November,
Kensington, Contra Costa County,
honeybee colony in chimney
(RLL). Salebriacus odiosellus,
Tom's Place, 7,200 ft, Mono
County, 3 August (KMR).
GEOMETRIDAE -
Drepanulatrix bifihta ruthiaria,
Rock Creek Road, 8,880 ft, Mono
County, 3 August (KMR). Pero
occidentalis canastra, Pinyon
Crest, 4,200 ft, Riverside County,
17 April (RHL). Aethaloida
packardaria, 1-80 Gold Run rest
area, 3,300 ft, Placer County, 28
August (RLL). Nepytia jubata,
Mammoth rest area, 7,650 ft,
Highway 395, Mono County, 4
August (KMR). Cheteoscelis
bistriaria, Lake of the Woods,
5,200 ft, Kern County (KMR).
SPHINGIDAE - Hemaris
senta, Mitchell Canyon, Mount
Diablo, Contra Costa County, 17
June (RLL).
ARCTIIDAE - Apantesis
proxima, Brooks Island, CONTRA
COSTA County and NORTH, 9 to
11 September (JAP).
NOCTUIDAE - Hypena
humuli, Kern River Canyon at
2,200 ft, Kern County, 5 March
(KMR). Apamea spaldingi,
Discestra hamata, and Admetovis
oxymorus, Mount Pinos Highway,
7,480 ft, Kern County, 3 July
(KMR). Aseptis binotata,
Kensington, 7 June (RLL). Aseptis
cara, three species of
Oncocnemis, plus 13 other
noctuid species, Rock Creek Road,
8,880 ft, Mono County, 3 August
(KMR). Annaphila danistica,
Democrat Hot Springs, 2,200 ft,
Kern River Canyon, Kern County,
29 March (RHL). Annaphila
divinula, Santa Catalina Island,
Los Angeles County, 7 April -
smallest member of the genus on
the island! (RHL). Heliothodes
diminutiva, Democrat Hot
Springs, 29 March (RHL). Agrotis
gravis, Kern National Wildlife
Refuge, 220 ft, KERN County, far
SOUTH, INLAND (KMR)-
important range extension, as
known only on beach areas north
of San Francisco (RHL). Emoa
acornis alko, Tom's Place, 7,200 ft,
Mono County, 3 August and Mount
Pinos, 7,480 ft, Kern County, 4
September (KMR). Emoa
obeliscoides, Mount Pinos Road at
6.400 ft. Kern County, 4
~k~tember found in
Hualavai Mountains,
~rizona)(KM~). Ufeus plicatus
ssp., Caliente Creek 8.6 miles east
of Caliente, 1,960 ft, Kern County,
back in 1990 (KMR), but now
determined as a new unlisted
subspecies by RHL. Schinia
mortua, Kern National Wildlife
Refuge, 220 ft, 2 September
(KMR).
MIGRANTS AND STRAYS
Nymphalis californica: One in
Davis, Yolo County (unusual), 8
March (AMS); worn hibernants,
Morrison Canyon, Alameda
County, 12 March (RLL); frequent
migrations at Jerseydale, Mariposa
County, heading generally
southeast, 1 March to April 19,
only singles 21 May, 18 June and
10, 18, 28 October (0s); peak
flight near Darrah, 3,146 ft,
Mariposa County on 15 March,
with up to 90 seen in 20 minutes
in 120 feet (0s); very low all year
except in highest parts of north
Coast Range and the Yolla Bollys -
saw hardly any in the Sierra
Nevada (AMS). Vanessa cardui:
First for Davis, Yolo County, 25
March, and present in very low
numbers all season (AMS); Red
Bluff, Tehama County, 6 June
(only one fresh at mud seen all
year)(OS). Danaus plescippus:
Four actively nectaring on
eucalypts, Albany Hill, Alameda
County, 2 January, EARLY (RLL);
winter aggregation at Pinole Point,
Contra Costa County, mostly
dispersed by 1 March, only 15
observed (RLL); very scarce at
Jerseydale all year, one worn, 14
March, one on 15 July, three fresh
adults and one fifth instar larva on
milkweed 24 August and one on 26
October (0s); About 100 seen this
year with ten on 4 July (AMS);
Kensington, Contra Costa County,
only single-digits, mid September
to 8 November (RLL); the number
of butterflies heading coastwise
this fall was about twice 1993
(AMS).
BUTTERFLIES
Thorybes pylades, See
Canyon, San Luis Obispo County,
21 March EARLY, 4 April common
(KD). Thorybes mesicanus
blanco (ventral hind wing white,
little or no brown striping), Mulky
Meadows, 9,400 ft, west of Lone
Pine, INYO County, SOUTH and
WEST, many found 8,23 June
(EB). Two odd "strays" of Erynnis
propertius from normal foothill
habitat, Davis, Yolo County, 2
March, and Suisun Marsh, Solano
County, 1 April (AMS). Pyrgus
communis/ Pyrgus a1 bescens
contact zone on both sides of Kern1
Tulare County line along Highway
43,4 November (KD- all det by
Julian Donahue) -both species
now verified from Tulare County;
only one previous Pyrgus
communis record for Kern County
(KD). Heliopetes ericetorum,
Gates Canyon, Solano County, 30
March, EARLY for Northern
California (AMS). Celotes nessus,
ravine near Colorado River bridge
west of Topock (Mohave County,
Arizona), SAN BERNARDINO
County and STATE, 27 May 1973
(KD). Hesperia juba, Sespe Creek,
Rose Valley (north-northeast of
Ojai), VENTURA County, 2 August
(EB). Ochlodes sykanoides,
Castle peak at 8,800 ft, HIGH,
Nevada County, 12 August, EARLY
for high (AMS). Ochlodes
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