Ecology of Buzzards Bay : an estuarine profile ecologyofbuzzard00howe Year: 1996 74 BIOLOGICAL REPORT 31 (continued) Species Status Lepidoptera (butterflys and moths) Fixsenia Ontario (northern hanstreak butterfly) Speyena idalia (regal fritillary butterfly) Abagrotis crumbi banjamini(coastal heathland cutworm) Apharetrapurpurea (blueberry sallow moth) Bagisara rectifascia (straight lined mallow moth) Catocala herodias gerhardi(Gerhard's underwind moth) Cicinnus melscheimen(Melscheimer's sack bearer moth) Cingilia catenaria (chain dot geometer moth) Hemileuca maia (barrens buckmot
Ecology of Buzzards Bay : an estuarine profile ecologyofbuzzard00howe Year: 1996 74 BIOLOGICAL REPORT 31 (continued) Species Status Lepidoptera (butterflys and moths) Fixsenia Ontario (northern hanstreak butterfly) Speyena idalia (regal fritillary butterfly) Abagrotis crumbi banjamini(coastal heathland cutworm) Apharetrapurpurea (blueberry sallow moth) Bagisara rectifascia (straight lined mallow moth) Catocala herodias gerhardi(Gerhard's underwind moth) Cicinnus melscheimen(Melscheimer's sack bearer moth) Cingilia catenaria (chain dot geometer moth) Hemileuca maia (barrens buckmoth) Lithophane viridipallens(pale green pinion moth) Metarranthis apiciaria (coastal swamp metarranthis moth) Oligia hausta (northern brocade moth) Papaipema stenocelis (chain fern borer moth) Papaipema sulphurata (decodon stem borer moth) Special concern Endangered Special concern Threatened Special concern Threatened Threatened Special concern Threatened Special concern Special concern Special concern Special concern Threatened 'Indicates species is federally listed as same status (US Fish and Wildlife Service 1994) a series of islands off the northeastern coast of the United States, from New York to Maine, and has smaller numbers of individuals extending as far as the Canadian Maritime Provinces; the second breeds on islands in the Caribbean Sea region -!\ (**> Fig. The piping plover {Charadrius meiodus) Photo by D. Goehringer extending from the Florida Keys and the Bahamas to the Lesser Antilles. Buzzards Bay represents an important locale for this species; approximately 60 of the northeast population nests on Bird Island in Buzzards Bay (l ,650 nesting pairs in 1984; Fish and Wildlife Service 1989; B. Blodgett. Mas- sachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Spe- cies Program, personal communication). As is true for the piping plover, the roseate tern population was significantly decreased in the late 1800's be- cause of hunting associated with the milliner
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