Dusky dune moth (Copablepharon longipenne) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14
The following people are acknowledged for providing information that was used in the preparation of this report or assistance in undertaking field sampling: Jim Troubridge (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), Stephen Wolfe (Natural Resources Canada), Don Lafontaine (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), Gary Anweiler (E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum, University of Alberta), Gerald Fauske (North Dakota State University), Chris Schmidt (University of Alberta), David Gummer (Royal Alberta Museum), Keith Roney (Royal Saskatchewan Museum), Ron Hooper (Fort Qu'appelle, Saskatchewan), Dan Johnson (University of Lethbridge), Valerie Coenon (Geowest Environmental Consultants Ltd.), Donna Hurlburt (Bowater Mersey Paper Company), Shane Mascarin (Department of National Defence, CFB Wainwright), Cheryl-Anne Beckles (Department of National Defence, CFB Dundurn), Ryan Cossitt (Saskatchewan Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization), and Lars Crabo (Bellingham, Washington State).
Stephen Wolfe should be thanked again for providing maps and other critical information about the location of dunes and sand deposits in the Canadian prairies. Jim Troubridge’s assistance was essential in helping plan the field component of this study and identifying all noctuid moths captured. Desiree Mou was a very capable field assistant and now knows more about Copablepharon moths than she would have ever believed.
The report benefited from the comments of anonymous reviewers.
Funding for the preparation of this status report was provided by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada
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