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Clepsis virescana

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SeasonalityLate June to mid August. IdentificationThe forewing is olive-brown with darker olive brown markings. The median line is usually obscured in the middle of the wing, and the triangular patch on the costa just before the apex is usually very prominent. The hindwing varies from light grey to white. This species has a costal fold in the male, which coupled with the obscured median band, and olive-brown colour will separate it from C. peritana.
Scientific Name Clepsis virescana Habitat Found in a variety of habitats, most common in shrubby open areas or aspen parkland. Seasonality Late June to mid August. Identification
The forewing is olive-brown with darker olive brown markings. The median line is usually obscured in the middle of the wing, and the triangular patch on the costa just before the apex is usually very prominent. The…
The forewing is olive-brown with darker olive brown markings. The median line is usually obscured in the middle of the wing, and the triangular patch on the costa just before the apex is usually very prominent. The hindwing varies from light grey to white. This species has a costal fold in the male, which coupled with the obscured median band, and olive-brown colour will separate it from C. peritana.
Conservation Not of concern. Diet Info The larva feeds on a variety of species in the Rose Family (Rosaceae). (Razowski 1979) Range From British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to California, Texas, and North Carolina.

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"Species Details - Clepsis virescana, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-22988. Accessed 08 May. 2024.

Authorship

Name Dombroskie, J. J.
Role species page author
Date 2009-04-16

References

Specimen Information

There are 19 specimens of this Species.

19 results plotted on map in 3 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM51853 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-13

UASM51854 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Nordegg Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1927-07-22

UASM51855 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-11

UASM51856 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-13

UASM51857 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-13

UASM51858 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-05

UASM51859 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-10

UASM51860 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-09

UASM51861 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-08

UASM51862 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-11

UASM51863 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-11

UASM51864 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-11

UASM51865 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-09

UASM51866 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1928-07-10

CBCC1146 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Moose Lake Provincial Park Collected ByChristensen, C. B. Date Collected2005-07-22

CBCC1149 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Moose Lake Provincial Park Collected ByChristensen, C. B. Date Collected2005-07-22

CBCC1150 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Moose Lake Provincial Park Collected ByChristensen, C. B. Date Collected2005-07-22

CBCC1151 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Moose Lake Provincial Park Collected ByChristensen, C. B. Date Collected2005-07-22

CBCC1152 - Clepsis virescana

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Moose Lake Provincial Park Collected ByChristensen, C. B. Date Collected2005-07-22

Adult Seasonal Distribution