Dusky dune moth (Copablepharon longipenne) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 12

Existing Protection or Other Status Designations

Copablepharon longipenne is not protected in any jurisdiction in Canada. The State of Wisconsin lists it as globally secure but possibly critically imperiled at the state level (G4 S1?) and describes its status as “Special Concern”, but has no laws regulating its use, possession, or harvesting (NatureServe, 2006). However, C. longipenne is not known from Wisconsin (Lafontaine, 2004) and this record may be confused with Copablepharon michiganensis Crabo and Lafontaine. Portions of C. longipenne populations occur in the following protected areas: Great Sand Hills Representative Area Ecological Reserve (SK) and Spruce Woods Provincial Park (MB).

Two sand dune plant communities with which C. longipenne is associated are ranked by the Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre: Rumex venosus herbaceous association is designated as imperiled/vulnerable (S2S3) and Oryzopsis hymenoides–Leymus canadensis sparsely vegetated association as possibly imperiled (S2?).

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