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Specimens of Copablepharon fuscum Troubridge and Crabo 1995 (Lepidoptera: 
Noctuidae) in the Oregon State Arthropod Collection

Paul C. Hammond
Oregon State Arthropod Collection, OSU Department of Integrative Biology,  
Corvallis, OR. 97331;  copablepharon@gmail.com

Cite this work as:  

Hammond, P.C. 2019. Specimens of Copablepharon fuscum Troubridge and Crabo 1995 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the 
Oregon State Arthropod Collection.  Catalog of the Oregon State Arthropod Collection, 3 (2).    
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5399/osu/cat_osac.3.2.4598.

  This brief catalog entry documents two specimens of C. fuscum, one of which is a paratype, 
deposited into the collection in 1995 by the collector: Lars G. Crabo.

Copablepharon fuscum is endemic to coastal sand dunes with its larval food plant, yellow sand verbena, 
Abronia latifolia, in southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington (Lafontaine et al. 
2004).  It is potentially endangered due to habitat loss from development, dune stabilization, and 
suppression of the food plant by invasive plant species such as exotic European beach grass (Crabo, 
Hammond and Shepard, 2018).

Figure 1. OSAC Specimen # 0000632995. PARATYPE; female; USA: Washington, Island 
County, Deception Pass State Park, Ocean Sand Dunes near Cranberry Lake. Elevation: < 20 
ft 48.38°N 122.66°W; 26 May 1995; leg: Lars G. Crabo;   
http://osac.oregonstate.edu/sp/osac_0000632995



Catalog: Oregon State Arthropod Collection   2019 Vol 3 (2)

Figure 2. OSAC Specimen # 0000131594; male; USA: Washington, Island County, Deception 
Pass State Park, Ocean Sand Dunes near Cranberry Lake. Elevation: < 20ft;  
48.38° N 122.66° W; 19 May 1995; leg: Lars G. Crabo 
http://osac.oregonstate.edu/sp/OSAC_0000131594

References 

Crabo, L.G., P.C. Hammond, J.H. Shepard. (2018). Species Page: Copablepharon fuscum. In: Moths of 
the Pacific Northwest. L.C. Crabo, M.A. Peterson, R. Zack, P.C. Hammond, J.H. Shepard 
and M. Davis. http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/ [accessed 2018].

Lafontaine J.D., Crabo L.G.,  Fauske G.A. (2004). Genus Copablepharon Harvey. The Moths of North 
America Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (part) Fascicle 27.1: 146-180.

Troubridge J.T.,  Crabo L.G. (1995). New species of Copablepharon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from 
British Columbia and Washington. Journal of the Entomological Society of British 
Columbia 92: 87-90.


