scientific name Ctenucha virginica (Esper)
 common name Virginia Ctenucha
 habitat Found throughout open, grassy habitats in the aspen parkland and boreal region.
 seasonality Mid June to early July.
 identification The only other species with an orange collar on the thorax and metallic blue abdomen is Cisseps fulvicollis, which has markedly narrower wings and is smaller. Royal Alberta Museum page
 life history No information available.
 conservation Widespread and common.
 diet info Grasses and sedges.
 range Primarily a species of eastern North America, this species has apparently expanded its range westward in the last fifty years, since it was not recorded by Bowman (1951).

taxonomic hierarchy
quick link http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=259
Comments are published according to our submission guidelines. The EH Strickland Entomological Museum does not necessarily endorse the views expressed.
| |