Phenology of the adult angel lichen moth (Cisthene angelus) in Grand Canyon, USA
Southwestern Naturalist
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Abstract
We investigated the phenology of adult angel lichen moths (Cisthene angelus) along a 364-km long segment of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, using a unique data set of 2,437 light-trap samples collected by citizen scientists. We found that adults of C. angelus were bivoltine from 2012 to 2014. We quantified plasticity in wing lengths and sex ratios among the two generations and across a 545-m elevation gradient. We found that abundance, but not wing length, increased at lower elevations and that the two generations differed in size and sex distributions. Our results shed light on the life history and morphology of a common, but poorly known, species of moth endemic to the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Phenology of the adult angel lichen moth (Cisthene angelus) in Grand Canyon, USA |
| Series title | Southwestern Naturalist |
| DOI | 10.1894/0038-4909-61.3.233 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Southwestern Association of Naturalists |
| Contributing office(s) | Southwest Biological Science Center |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 233 |
| Last page | 240 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| Other Geospatial | Grand Canyon |
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