Species: Callophrys mossii

Moss' Elfin
Species
Invertebrates
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lycaenidae

Genus

Callophrys

Natureserve Explorer
Source:
ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.106767
Classification
Other Global Common Names
lutin de Moss
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae - Callophrys
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Caterpillar eats reproductive portions of host plants, primarily SEDUM SPATHULIFOLIUM (Emmel and Ferris, 1972), S. OBTUSATUM (Emmel and Emmel, 1974), and S. LANCEOLATUM (Ferris and Stanford, 1970). Caterpillars are known to feed on SEDELLA in Butte County, California. Adults nectar at a variety of flowers such as dandelion and LOMATIUM UTRICULATUM (WEISS, 1993). Eggs are laid on host inflorescences and larvae feed on developing flowers and fruits.
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4
Global Status Last Reviewed
2001-12-17
Global Status Last Changed
2001-12-17
Other Status

PS - of California is listed Endangered by the USFWS.

Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
FG - 20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles) - FG - Western mountain archipelago from southern British Columbia and Alberta south through coast ranges, Cascade-Sierra Nevada, and Rocky Mountains to southern California and southern Colorado. Absent from most intermountain areas. For example, unknown from Nevada and Utah (Opler, 1999). Ferris and Stanford (1970) describe the range of subspecies SCHRYVERI in detail as was known at that time.
Global Range Code
FG
Global Range Description
20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
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