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HEDYA SALICELLA A PALAEARCTIC SPECIES,
(L.),
COLLECTED IN NORTH AMERICA (TORTRICIDAE)
Additional keywords: immigrant, Olethreutinae, Salix, Populu
Figs. 1-2. Hedyasalicella male from Atchison Co., Missouri. 1.Wings. 2. Genitalia(genit. slide MS 97199).
Hedya salicella (L.) is a trans-Palaearctic species also match three pinned adults of H. salicella from
whose larvae feed in spun shoots and folded leaves of England and Germanythatwe examined.
Salix and Populus species (Salicaceae). The five North The American specimens were collected over a 30-
American specimens reported here were in three dif- yr period at scattered localities: 1956 in Ontario, 1975
ferent collections, two public andone private. The dis- in Massachusetts, and 1985 in Newfoundland and Mis-
tinctive forewing and genitalia of these specimens souri. Such a diffuse temporal-geographicpattern pro-
(Figs. 1, 2) match illustrations and adult sizes in vides little specific information about introduction and
&
Bentinck Diakonoff (1968), Bradley et al. (1979), spread beyond the general conclusion that H. salicella
and otherhandbooks on Eurasian Olethreutinae. They is an immigrant in North America.
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The June-August adult recoverydates are similarto We thank W. Brown, S. Cover, D. G. Furth, R. Heitzman,
J. J.
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A HOSTPLANT EXTENSION FOR HEMILEUCA HERA HERA (SATURNIIDAE: HEMILEUCINAE):
THREETIP SAGEBRUSH (ARTEMISIA TRIPARTITA RYDB.)
Additional keywords: sagebrush sheep moth,Artemisiatridentata, captive-rearing.
Big sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata Nutt. (Aster- mens. Myobservations ofhost associations and the re-
aceae), is widely documented as the exclusive host- sults ofcaptive-rearing are discussed in this note.
plant for the sagebrush sheep moth, Hemileuca hera Field-observations. During April 1997, an inten-
hera (Harris) (Ferguson 1971, McFarland 1974, sive searchwas conducted ofthe areainwhich H. hera
Tuskes 1984, Stone 1991, Tuskes et al. 1996). In an in- hera larvae were observed feeding on A. tridentata
vestigation ofinsects in the upper Snake River Plain of and A. tripartita hosts. Plants containing larvae were
southeastern Idaho, Stafford (1987) also found larvae tagged and larval development was monitored weekly
ofH. hera hera onlyonA. tridentata hosts, despite the between May 1997 and July 1997. Larvae on both A.
presence ofA. nova Nelson, A. arhuscula Nutt, and tridentata andA. tripartita demonstrated a life history
A. tripartita Rydb. at the study sites. The use of and behavior typical ofH. hera hera in other parts of
Artemisia species otherthanA. tridentata has been re- its range. On both hosts, first through third instars gen-
ported only by Collins (1974), who observed a small erallyfed gregariouslyand then dispersedto feed indi-
number ofH. hera hera larvae on silver sagebrush, A. vidually as fourth and fifth instars. On multiple occa-
cana Pursh. sions, late-instar larvae were observed to move from
During a series offield surveys conducted to inves- one Artemisia species to the other. Larvae often re-
tigate the life history ofH. hera hera in the same gen- mained on the second host for several days, indicating
eral area of southeastern Idaho studied by Stafford that plants of both species were acceptable food
(1987), I commonly found larvae on A. tridentata ssp. sources.
&
wyomingensis (Beetle Young). However, in one Female H. hera hera in this study area also used
mixed-sagebrush community, I observed larvae at all bothA. tridentata andA. tripartita as oviposition hosts
stages of development feeding on both A. tridentata (Hampton 2000). Eggs were most commonly laid on
ssp. wyomingensis and A. tripartita ssp. tripartita stems of both Artemisia species, but approximately
(hereafter abbreviated as A. tridentata and A. tripar- 18% were located on the stems ofother species in the
tita). In 1997 and 1998, I reared captive larvae on A. sagebrush understory including Chrysothamnus vis-
tripartita for the purpose ofobtaining voucher speci- cidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. (Asteraceae), Leptodactylon
