ທີ່​ໃຊ້​ເວ​ລາ​ນີ້, ມີ​ການ​ເຄື່ອນ​ທີ່

ຕໍ່​ໄປ​ນີ້​ແມ່ນ​ຮູບ​ພາບ​ເພີ່ມ​ເຕີມ​ຈໍາ​ນວນ​ຫນ້ອຍ​ຈາກ​ທີ່​ຜ່ານ​ມາ​ການ​ເດີນ​ທາງ​ຖະ​ຫນົນ​ຫົນ​ທາງ​ພາກ​ເຫນືອ​ຂອງ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ, ທີ່​ໃຊ້​ເວ​ລາ​ຈາກ​ລັດ​ໄອ​ດາ​ໂຮ​ຕາ​ເວັນ​ຕົກ​ນີ້. ສິດ​ຢູ່​ນອກ​ຕົວ​ເມືອງ​ຂອງ​ທົ່ງ​ຫຍ້າ​ໃຫມ່​ໄດ້​ທົ່ງ​ນາ​ຂອງ​ດອກ​ຫນາ​ທີ່​ມີ​ຊີ​ວິດ. ມັນ​ແມ່ນ​ບາງ​ສ່ວນ​ຂອງ​ທີ່​ດີ​ທີ່​ສຸດ​ມື້​ເກັບ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ​ໄດ້​ເຮັດ​ໃນ​ປີ, and fellow road tripper Peter Jump and I discovered this population of Adela flammeusella. This represents a likely state record for Idaho and possibly the eastern most population known for this species. They are supposedly associated with Owl’s Clover (some now reassigned to Castilleja), but I don’t recall ever seeing any at this location. I usually notice this plant whenever I’m in the field because it is the host to a handful of other interesting leps.

One frustrating character of the genus Adela is the homogeneity of the genitalia. For any entomologist out there it is par for the course to use the morphology of genitalia as a plethora of characters most useful in species identification. Microleps are often most easily differentiated through dissection, and a few groups must be dissected to even get to genus! But even strikingly different Adela are almost identical internally. ແທນທີ່ຈະ, a leg will go off to get DNA barcoded. Chances are it’s nothing too interesting, but stranger things have been known to happen. At the very least it will be informative to know what the genetic divergence might be across the range of the species.

Adela flammeusella

Chlosyne palla blackmorei – Northern Checkerspot

Lycaena editha – Edith’s Copper