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THE EUROPEAN SKIPPER, THYMELICUS LINEOLA (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE), IN MANITOBA AND NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. B. Preston  and
A. R. Westwood
W. B. Preston
Affiliation:
Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, Winnipeg R3B 0N2
A. R. Westwood
Affiliation:
Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature, Winnipeg R3B 0N2
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The spread of Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer) in North America has been extensively documented (Rawson 1931; Clench 1956; Pengelly 1961; Arthur 1966; Burns 1966; McNeil et al. 1975; McNeil and Duchesne 1977). In Canada, T. lineola has been recorded from British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and now Manitoba (Gregory 1975; Jackson 1978). In the north central United States T. lineola has been recorded from St. Louis Co. and International Falls, Minnesota (Brewer 1977; Lundeen 1980). Pengelly (pers. comm.) observed T. lineola at Dryden, Ontario in 1972. McCabe and Post (1977) did not include this species in their list for North Dakota. The purpose of the present note is to report on the presence and collections of T. lineola in Manitoba and in northwestern Ontario.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 113 , Issue 12 , December 1981 , pp. 1123 - 1124
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1981

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