List of moths of Canada (Drepanidae)
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This article is a list of the moths of Family Drepanidae
which are found in Canada
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Canada.
Following the species name, there is an abbreviation which indicates in which of the Canadian provinces and/or territories the species can be found.
Drepanidae
The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 1000 species recorded worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a superficial resemblance to Noctuidae...
which are found in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Canada.
Following the species name, there is an abbreviation which indicates in which of the Canadian provinces and/or territories the species can be found.
- Eastern Canada
- On = OntarioOntarioOntario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
- Qb = QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
- NB = New BrunswickNew BrunswickNew Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
- NS = Nova ScotiaNova ScotiaNova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
- PE = Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
- NF = NewfoundlandNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
- LB = LabradorNewfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
- On = Ontario
- Western Canada
- BC = British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
- AB = AlbertaAlbertaAlberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
- SK = SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
- MB = ManitobaManitobaManitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
- YU = YukonYukonYukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
- NT = Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
- NV = NunavutNunavutNunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
- BC = British Columbia
Subfamily Drepaninae
- Drepana arcuataDrepana arcuataThe Arched Hooktip or Masked Birch Caterpillar is a moth of the Drepanidae family. It is found from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, south to at least North Carolina, South Carolina and California....
Walker, 1855 -NF, LB, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC, NT - Drepana bilineata (Packard, 1864) -NF, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
- Eudeilinia herminiata (Guenée, [1858]) -NF, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
- Oreta rosea (Walker, 1855) -NF, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
Subfamily Thyatirinae
- Ceranemota albertaeCeranemota albertaeThe Alberta Lutestring is a species of moth of the Drepanidae family. It is found in western Canada, from south-central British Columbia east to south-eastern Saskatchewan....
Clarke, 1938 -SK, AB, BC - Ceranemota fasciata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)- BC
- Ceranemota improvisa (Edwards, 1873) -BC
- Habrosyne gloriosa (Guenée, 1852) -QC, ON
- Habrosyne scriptaHabrosyne scriptaThe Lettered Habrosyne or Scribe is a moth of the Drepanidae family. It is found in southern Canada and the northern United States, from Labrador to Vancouver Island, south in the Appalachians, Ozarks and Rocky Mountains to North Carolina and Mississippi and south in the west to Arizona.The...
(Gosse, 1840) -NF, LB, NS, PE, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC - Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesPseudothyatira cymatophoroidesThe Tufted Thyatirid Moth is a moth of the Drepanidae family and the only member of the genus Pseudothyatira. It is found in Newfoundland, British Columbia, Northern California, Maryland, West Virginia, Kansas and North Carolina.The wingspan is 38–44 mm...
(Guenée, 1852) -NF, LB, NS, NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC - Euthyatira pudens (Guenée, 1852) -NB, QC, ON, MB, SK, AB, BC
- Euthyatira semicircularis (Grote, 1881) -BC