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178 Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society The Placer and Mariposa Co. moths appear more Steve Heydon, University ofCalifornia, Davis, for obtaining the HemyEdwardspaper,andfortakingthephotographofdie adults; golden than the worn type of albipuncta, suggesting andJohn DeBenedicits, UniversityofCalifornia, Davis forsugges- that the gold scaling on the forewings is gradually lost tionswhichgreatlyimprovedthisnote. I alsothankmywife, Doris causing the wings to appear olivaceous in older speci- Brown, forcompanionship andhelp in the field. mens. All Mojave Desert specimens ofranunculi lack the yellowish spot near the apex ofthe discal cell that Literature Cited is present in albipuncta. Barnes, W. & F. H. Benjamin. 1925. New and rare Lepidoptera It is likely that albipuncta and ranunculi are differ- Comsftroocmk,the SAo.u&thwCe.stH.enPnaen-.Pa1c9.40E.ntNooltoems.o11n:1e2ar-l1y5.stages ofXan- ent species. Xanthothrix ranunculi is golden yellow, is thothrixJ.ranunculi. Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci. 9:198-199. apparently restrictedto the Mojave Desert, uses Core- Edwards, H. 1878. PacificCoastLepidoptera, No. 29. Description opsis douglasii as a food plant, and lacks a forewing of some new genera and species of Noctudiae. Proc. Calif. Acad, ofSci. 29:7. spot near the apex of the discal cell. Xanthothrix ra- Hickman, (ed.). 1993. TheJepsen Manual. HigherPlantsofCal- J. nunculi form albipuncta has golden forewings and ifornia. UniversityofCaliforniaPress. 1400pp. blackish hindwings, is apparently restricted to the Poole, R. VV. 1994. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part). In R. B. Do- minick et al.. The Moths of North America north of Mexico, lower, grassyfoothills ofthe Sierra Nevada, uses Core- fasc. 26.1:113-114. opsis stillmanii as a food plant, and has a light yellow Priestaf, R. C. & F. Emmel. 1998. An extraordinary new sub- J. forewing spot near the apex of the discal cell. species of Philotiella speciosa (LEPIDOPTERA: LY- CAENIDAE) from Coastal Santa Barbara County, California. Philotiella speciosa andits subspeciesbohartorum (Ly- Pg. 283-284 In t. C. Emmel (ed.), Systematics of Western caenidae), which also may be a separate species, dis- NorthAmerican Butterflies. MariposaPress. 878pp. play a similar disjunct distribution. Plants were identified using Hickman (1993). William D. Patterson, 2624 4th Avenue Sacra- mento, California 95818, USA I thank Alvin Ludtke, North Highlands, California, for assis- tance in the field, for rearing efforts, for the photograph of the larva, and for manydiscussions about these moths; Tim McCabe, Receivedforpublication 19January2001;revisedandaccepted3 NewYork State Museum, for advice on the identityofthe moths; December2001. JournaloftheLepidopterists'Society 56(3),2002, 178-179 ADDENDUM TO THE SPHINGIDAE OF LOUISIANA Additional keywords: baittraps, hawkmoths, lighttraps, Louisiana, sphinxmoths. The Sphingidae ofLouisianawere reportedby Brou representing 36 species (Table 1). Fermenting bait and Brou (1997) in a 26-year study treating abun- traps were operated onlyin 1996-1997, while ultravio- dance, distribution, and flight periods. We listed 55 let light traps were operated all fouryears. These addi- species of Sphingidae recorded for Louisiana and 46 tional records represent 30 consecutiveyears ofSphin- species documented by our study. The quantity of gidae records fordie state ofLouisiana, totaling83,889 adult sphingidae captured from 1970 to 1995 for the captured adults. state ofLouisianatotaled 71,836 specimens. This brief Total trap hours expended duringthe 30yearinves- article is intended to add to and finalize our previous tigation were in excess of 1.4 million hours, involving investigations. No newly recorded species were en- 491,000 ultraviolet light trap hours and 913,000 fer- countered during these four years, nor were species menting bait trap hours. Specimens retained during newly encountered in bait traps versus light traps than this addendum period are deposited in Florida State were previously reported. This addendum, represent- Collection ofArthropods (Gainesville) and Louisiana ing four years (1996-1999) yielded 12,053 specimens State University (Baton Rouge). Volume 56, Number 3 179 Table 1. Listofspeciesandnumberofindividualscollectedbe- Literature Cited tween 1996and 1999. Brou,VernonA. &C. D. Brou. 1997. Distribution andphenolo- giesofLouisianaSphingidae. Lepid. Soc. 51:156-175. Species Numberofadults J. 1. Agriuscingulaia (F.) 95 Vernon A. Brou Jr. and Charlotte D. Brou, 2. Manducasexta (L.) 36 74320 Jack Loyd Road, Abita Springs, Louisiana 3. M. quinquemaculata (Haw.) 4 70420 USA Email: [email protected] 4. M. rustica (F.) 44 5. M.jasminearum (Guer.) 16 6. Dolbahyloeus (Drury) 429 Receivedforpublication 15 October2001; revisedandaccepted 26February2002. 7. Ceratomiaamyntor(Geyer) 4 . 8. C. undulosa (Wlk.) 284 9. C. catalpae (Bdv.) 6 10. C.hageni(Grt.) 11. Isoparceaipressi (Bdv.) 93 12. Paratreaplebeja (F.) 69 13. Sphinxeremitus (Hbn.) 14. S. leucophaeta Clem. 15. S. chersis (Hbn.) 16. S.franckii Neum. 1 17. S. kahniaeJ. E.Smith 33 18. S. drupiferarum J. E.Smith 19. Lapara coniferarum E.Smith) 2452 (J. 20. L. phaeobrachycerous Brou 1498 21. Smerinthusjamaicensis (Drury) 4 22. Paoniasexcaecatus E.Smith) 218 (J. 23. P. myops (J. E.Smith) 804 24. P. astylus (Drury) 16 25. Laothoejuglandis E.Smith) 45 (J. 26. Pachysphinxmodesta (Harr.) 27. Pseudosphinxtetrio (L.) 28. Erynnisdope (Drury) 29. E. lassauxi (Bdv.) 30. E. ello (L.) 1 31. E. obscura (F.) 2 32. £. domingonis (Bd.) 33. Pachyliaficus (L.) 34. Aellopostitan (Cram.) 35. A.fadus (Cram.) 36. Enyo lugubris (L.) 177 37. Hemaristhysbe (F.) 31 38. H. diffinis (Bdv.) 39. Eumorphasatellita licaon (Cram.) 40. E. pandorus (Hbn.) 27 41. E. intermedia (B. P.Clark) 3 42. E. achemon (Drury) 20 43. E. vitis (L.) 44. E.fasciatus (Sulz.) 71 45. E. lubruscae (L.) 46. Sphecodinaabbottii (Swainson) 362 47. Deidamia inscripta (Harr.) 625 48. Amphionfloridensis B. P.Clark 724 49. Proserpinusgaurae E.Smith) (J. 50. Darapsaversicolor(Harr.) 2 51. D. myron (Cram.) 2271 52. D. pholus (Cram.) 1344 53. Xylophonespluto (F.) 54. X. tersa (L.) 182 55. Hyleslineata (F.) 60 Total records 12,053