Dusky dune moth (Copablepharon longipenne) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 11

Special Significance of the Species

Copablepharon longipenne is closely associated with active sand dunes, a regionally rare habitat in the southern Canadian prairies. It can be considered a focal species representing the sensitivity and uniqueness of this habitat type in Canada. However, it does not appear to provide an essential ecosystem role (e.g., pollination, habitat creation, food web, predation, etc.) that would not be provided by other species.

Copablepharon moths are of interest to entomologists and taxonomists because of their rarity and association with spatially isolated dune habitats. There is no information that suggests that C. longipenne has, or had, an important cultural or economic role for First Nations.

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