. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin. So. Calif. Academy of Sciences Vol. 42, Part 2, 1943 NOTES ON THE METAMORPHOSIS OF LEPTARCTIA CALIFORNIAE WLK. (Lepidopt.) By John A. Comstock and Charles M. Dammers LePTARCTIA CALIFORNIAE Wlk. This arctiid moth is probably more variable in color and markings than any other native species. It is almost impossible to find two examples that are exactly alike even in series that have been reared from a single female. As a result, a large number of names given to various color phases hav
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin. So. Calif. Academy of Sciences Vol. 42, Part 2, 1943 NOTES ON THE METAMORPHOSIS OF LEPTARCTIA CALIFORNIAE WLK. (Lepidopt.) By John A. Comstock and Charles M. Dammers LePTARCTIA CALIFORNIAE Wlk. This arctiid moth is probably more variable in color and markings than any other native species. It is almost impossible to find two examples that are exactly alike even in series that have been reared from a single female. As a result, a large number of names given to various color phases have been re- legated to synonymy. The parent species was first named by Walker^ in 1855. This is the form with yellow and black secondaries. Form decia Bdv. has red and black secondaries, and form dimidiata Stretch has solid black or black and white secondaries. Holland- states that it "is found in southern California" from which one would infer that its range was limited to that area. It has long been known to have a range extending from Colorado west to the Pacific, and from British Columbia south through the Pacific States to the border. Walsingham's first examples were taken in Oregon. Dyar^ recorded it from Colo- rado in 1903, describing the egg and first larval instar, and he. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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