3.12 Insects
T ABLE 3.34 Terrestrial insect SGCN
Federal/ State Status*
Order
Scientifc Name
Common Name
Microhexura montivaga Nicrophorus americanus
Arachnida Coleoptera
Spruce–fr Moss Spider American Burying Beetle Rusty-patched Bumble Bee Golden Northern Bumble Bee Southern Plains Bumble Bee American Bumble Bee Yellowbanded Bumble Bee
E/— E/SR
Bombus afnis Bombus fervidus Bombus fraternus
Hymenoptera
— — — — — — —
Bombus pensylvanicus
Bombus terricola Bombus vagans Bombus variabilis Agrotis carolina
Half Black Bumble Bee
Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Lepidoptera
Carolina Agrotis
FSC/— FSC/— FSC/—
Atryton earogosarogos
Eastern Arogos Skipper
Atryton opsis sp. 1 Catocala grisatra Danaus plexippus Euphyes berryi Euphyes dukesi
Crystal Skipper
Grisatra Underwing Moth
— — — — —
Monarch
Berry’s Skipper Dukes’ Skipper
Hemipachnobia monochromatea Hemipachnobia subporphyrea
Sundew Cutworm Moth
Venus Flytrap Cutworm Moth Fingered Lemmeria Moth
FSC/—
Lemmeria digitalis
— —
Meropleon diversicolor sullivani Neonympha mitchellii francisci
Sullivan’s Meropleon
St. Francis’ Satyr
E/— C/—
Papaipema eryngii
Rattlesnake-master Borer Moth Appalachian Tawny Crescent
Phyciodes batesii maconensis
FSC/—
Poanes aaroni aaroni Problema bulenta
Aaron’s Skipper
—
Rare Skipper
FSC/— FSC/—
Pyrgus wyandot
Appalachian Grizzled Skipper
Spartiniphaga carterae Stethophyma celatum
a moth
—
Orthoptera
Broad-winged Sedge Grasshopper
—/SR
* See Table 3.2 for abbreviations.
Except where other references are noted, the following information is largely based on Hall’s work, including collaborations with others (1999a, 1999b, 2003, 2004; Hall and Schweitzer 1993; Hall and Schafale 1999; Hall and Sullivan 2000, 2004; Hall et al. 1999a, 1999b, 1999c; LeGrand et al. 2004).
3.12.2 Conservation Concerns
Invertebrates often have highly specifc habitat requirements, much more so than is typ- ical for vertebrates. Many insects, for example, have larvae that feed only on a particular host plant. Habitat requirements for these species include those for host plants as well as
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